Yahya Sinwar has won a second term as the organization’s Gaza leader.
According to The Times of Israel, three rounds of voting were conducted last night, with neither Sinwar nor his chief opponent Nizar Awadullah able to clinch victory. Sinwar received more than 50 per cent of the vote in today’s voting, leading him to a second four-year term.
Sinwar, who first became notorious for his enthusiastic executions of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel, rose to prominence in Hamas while serving a life sentence in Israeli prison.
He was released in 2011 during the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel.
