Hamas begins procedures to select its new president

Hamas movement announced today, Saturday, the start of a broad consultation process in its leadership and Shura institutions to choose a new president for it. The movement said in a statement, "The meetings of the Political Bureau and the Shura Council have been ongoing since the sinful Zionist assassination of the martyr Ismail Haniyeh," indicating that "the movement's leadership has begun a broad consultation process in its leadership and Shura institutions to choose a new president for the movement." It added, "We assure our people and our nation that the movement's institutions and Shura frameworks continue their work and have effective mechanisms for the continuation of the resistance," noting that "the assassination of the martyr Haniyeh will only increase the movement and the resistance's strength and determination to continue his approach and will increase the resistance's ignition." The movement explained that it "will take the initiative to announce the results of its consultations upon their com pletion," noting that "what is being circulated by the media and social media platforms about assigning certain names to occupy the position of the movement's presidency is untrue. Source: National Iraqi News Agency