His appointment as the brand new chief of Hamas comes lower than per week after Haniyeh was killed in Tehran.
Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel for his assassination. Israel has declined to touch upon the killing.
Hamas’s Oct 7 attack resulted within the demise of 1,198 folks, principally civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally based mostly on official Israeli figures.
Through the assault, militants additionally seized 251 folks, 111 of whom are nonetheless held captive in Gaza, together with 39 the navy says are lifeless.
Israel’s retaliatory navy marketing campaign in Gaza has up to now killed not less than 39,653 folks, in accordance with the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory, which doesn’t present particulars on civilian and militant deaths.