A co-founder of Hamas reportedly has taken over the terrorist group’s leadership. Ha’aretz reported Monday that Mahmoud Zahar, a surgeon who spent several stints in Israeli jails for co-founding Hamas, was secretly elected to replace the group’s recently assassinated leader, Abdel Aziz Rantissi.
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