{"id":"41f0b75b-fc0e-4fe8-a3de-66bdafd403de","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/20/who-is-khalil-al-hayya-hamas-newly-elected-political-chief?traffic_source=rss","domain":"aljazeera.com","outlet":{"name":"Al Jazeera","country":"QA","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Who is Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s newly elected political chief?","plainHeadline":"Background on Khalil al-Hayya, newly elected political chief of Hamas","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.4-nano","at":"2026-07-21T11:06:17.208Z"},"summary":["Khalil al-Hayya was elected head of Hamas’s political bureau on Monday.","The vote followed Israeli army’s 2024 killing of previous leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.","Al-Hayya survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Qatar last year.","A General Shura Council run-off decided between al-Hayya and Khaled Meshaal after no 50%+1 majority.","Al-Hayya will serve until the electoral term ends in 2027, after late-2024 wartime council service."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-07-20T13:18:47.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-20T14:10:53.407Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/fb63769c-4650-40f2-981f-bc9b52d23dd0"}