Hamas leadership runoff set between Meshaal and al-Hayya after no outright majority
Hamas is expected to hold a runoff election next week to choose its new political bureau chief after no candidate won an outright majority in the first round. The contest has narrowed to Khaled Meshaal and Khalil al-Hayya, according to a Hamas source cited in the supplied material. The vote is part of a wider internal transition that began after the killings of senior Hamas figures, including Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar.The internal ballot requires a candidate to win more than 50% of the votes in the Shura Council, the group's consultative body. Because neither Meshaal nor al-Hayya reached that... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 16 Jul 2026 17:32 LONDON
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