In the election for the Political Bureau of Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS Ismail Haniyeh was chosen instead of Khalid Mashal.

According to Al-Jazeera TV, based on HAMAS leader Khalid Mashal, Mashal himself announced that Haniyeh was elected as the head of the Political Unit of the movement.

In the result of the election of the “video conference” system between Gaza and Qatar's capital, Doha, Ismail Haniyeh, one of the leaders in Gaza, became the new leader of HAMAS. The leaders of Hamas in Gaza, especially Haniyeh, had to go to Doha for election, but could not go because the Rafah Border Crossing was closed.

According to the information, the election took place between Musa Abu Marzuq, Muhammad Nizal, as well as Haniyeh. Since 2013, Haniyeh has been serving as an assistant to Mashal, the President of the Political Bureau of Hamas. Since Mashal was twice serving as the President of the Political Bureau, was not eligible for re-election.

HAMAS' new leader, Haniyeh, is expected to go out of Gaza because of security vulnerability in the region and the possibility of Israel targeting. Ismail Haniyeh, who was elected as the President of the Political Unit of Movement, became the third president of the movement. For the first time, to the Presidency of the Political Unit. Abu Marzuq was elected and led from 1992-1995. After that, Khalid Mashal was elected president since 1996. (Mustafa Kaynak - ILKHA)