February 23rd, 2026 - 07:43 GMT
ALBAWABA - A senior Palestinian official affiliated with Hamas told the BBC that the group is very close to choosing a new interim leader following the death of senior Hamas leaders in the latest war with Israel. According to the BBC, this is the first election since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel, which marked the start of the war in the Gaza Strip during which a ...
![Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal and acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas [Ma'an]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/344394_Palerstine-Hamas.jpg?itok=O3p88KFA "Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal and acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas [Ma'an]")
![Palestinian children look at bungalows built by Israeli settlers on seized land, near the West Bank city of Birzeit on December 3, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/84aca20fb22df5dbe31feb08c676b4637720eb77.jpg?itok=pmUTQDk6 "Palestinian children look at bungalows built by Israeli settlers on seized land, near the West Bank city of Birzeit on December 3, 2013. [AFP]")
![[Ma'an]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/129773_345x230.jpg?itok=rnP5tTke "[Ma'an]")
![US Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud talk before a meeting at the King's desert encampment on January 5, 2014 [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6281832.jpg?itok=UR-m4xx7 "US Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud talk before a meeting at the King's desert encampment on January 5, 2014 [AFP]")
![People carry one of the two bodies during the funeral of Malak Zahwa and her step-mother Iman Hijazi, who both died in a car bomb that targeted a Beirut's suburb the day before on January 3, 2014. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/460342937.jpg?itok=noAhRsjZ "People carry one of the two bodies during the funeral of Malak Zahwa and her step-mother Iman Hijazi, who both died in a car bomb that targeted a Beirut's suburb the day before on January 3, 2014. [Getty Images]")
![A police car passes the Palestine embassy which stands next to the residence of the late Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 2, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/460106405.jpg?itok=bKk2kdNB "A police car passes the Palestine embassy which stands next to the residence of the late Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 2, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. [Getty Images]")
![Firefighters work outside the residence of the late Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 1, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/459976971.jpg?itok=4MUzuDap "Firefighters work outside the residence of the late Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 1, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. [Getty Images]")
![Recently released Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Khalaf is carried by friends in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 31, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/459816257.jpg?itok=9tTxXeFQ "Recently released Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Khalaf is carried by friends in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 31, 2013. [Getty Images]")
