Meshaal named new Hamas leader

Khaled Meshaal, chief of the politburo of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, was named the faction's overall leader today, …

Khaled Meshaal, chief of the politburo of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, was named the faction's overall leader today, replacing slain Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin, a Hamas source said.

Senior Hamas official Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi was named Hamas leader for the Gaza Strip.

Yassin, killed in an Israeli air strike yesterday, had been spiritual leader for all of what Palestinians consider historic Palestine.

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