10:34 AM • May 08 2026 IDT
With both sides playing for time, another Israel-Hamas flare up seems inevitable
Universal focus of attention on Iran is enabling Hamas to tighten its control in Gaza - and Israel has made frequent warnings about the need to resume the war in the Strip and to vanquish Hamas
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Hamas this month completed a process of internal elections for the organization's leadership. There were no surprises this time: Khaled Meshal was elected to lead the Hamas Political Bureau and became its top leader. Another representative of the current leadership who lives abroad, Khalil al-Hayya – who like Meshal resides in Qatar – was elected head of the organization in the Gaza Strip. Meshal, who was born in the West Bank, has lived in exile since the 1990s; al-Hayya left the Strip a few months before the October 7 massacre, and hasn't returned since.
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