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Khaled Meshaal becomes acting head of Hamas
According to the channel's sources, Meshaal is now responsible for all communication with the main parties involved in the negotiations. He is also dealing with issues related to prisoners, Interfax reports.
According to the sources, Hamas leadership has already informed officials in Turkey, Qatar and Egypt about Sinwar's death.
Following Sinwar's killing, Hamas said negotiations to exchange prisoners and end the war in Gaza would become "increasingly difficult and chaotic."
Earlier, Israeli security sources confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas, was killed in the Gaza Strip based on DNA samples.