Hamas will live on after Sinwar: Iranian parliament speaker

Hamas will continue to operate after the martyrdom of its leader Yahya Sinwar, and the struggle will continue, the Speaker of the Iranian Shura Council, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said yesterday.

Speaking at the public session of the Iranian Shura Council, Ghalibaf stated that Sinwar dedicated his life to defending his people and expelling enemies from the land of Palestine. Adding that the ‘Al-Aqsa Flood Operation’ carried out by the resistance in October last year  is one of the epic jihadist feats, which changed Israel’s security, military and political equations, dealing an irreparable blow to this “cancerous entity”.

Ghalibaf noted that “the image of Sinwar’s struggle to the end will inspire hundreds of fighters to follow in his footsteps and that of the martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, accelerating the liberation of Jerusalem.”

Earlier, Iran’s mission to the United Nations stressed that the spirit of resistance would be strengthened after Sinwar died in battle, affirming that “the martyr Sinwar will become a model for the youth and children who will continue his path towards the liberation of Palestine.”

Sinwar was martyred on 17 October 2024, during a direct field engagement with Israeli occupation forces in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, after a long career in military, security and political work.

On 6 August, Hamas appointed Sinwar, also referred to as “Abu Ibrahim”, as the head of its political bureau, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran on 31 July in an attack attributed to Israel, although Israel has not officially acknowledged its involvement .

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