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Israel FM Calls to 'Swiftly Eliminate' New Hamas Chief Sinwar

Yehya Al-Sinwar (File photo/AP)
Yehya Al-Sinwar (File photo/AP)
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Israel FM Calls to 'Swiftly Eliminate' New Hamas Chief Sinwar

Yehya Al-Sinwar (File photo/AP)
Yehya Al-Sinwar (File photo/AP)

Israel's foreign minister called on Tuesday to "swiftly eliminate" Yahya Sinwar, who was appointed by Hamas as the group's new political leader replacing Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in Tehran last week.

"The appointment of arch-terrorist Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of Hamas, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, is yet another compelling reason to swiftly eliminate him and wipe this vile organisation off the face of the Earth," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on social media site X.

This comes at volatile moment. Fears are high of an escalation into a wider regional war, with Iran vowing revenge against Israel over Haniyeh's killing and Lebanon's Hezbollah threatening to retaliate over Israel's killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike in Beirut last week.

Meanwhile, US , Egyptian and Qatari mediators are trying to salvage negotiations over a cease-fire and hostage release deal in Gaza, shaken by Haniyeh' killing.

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Tunisian Opposition Figure Moussi is Sentenced to Prison

People protest against the decisions of President Kais Saied in Tunis. (AP file photo)
People protest against the decisions of President Kais Saied in Tunis. (AP file photo)
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Tunisian Opposition Figure Moussi is Sentenced to Prison

People protest against the decisions of President Kais Saied in Tunis. (AP file photo)
People protest against the decisions of President Kais Saied in Tunis. (AP file photo)

A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison, marking another setback to the country’s fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term.

Abir Moussi, a 49-year-old lawyer and the head of the right-wing Free Destourian Party, was arrested in October after criticizing the electoral process and presidential decrees guiding it, alleging a lack of transparency, The AP reported.

Following a complaint by the North African nation's election authority, she was found guilty of violating a controversial anti-fake news decree outlawing spreading information that slanders or harms others. The law has been widely used to prosecute those who criticize authorities.

Moussi’s lawyer Nafaa Laribi told The AP on Tuesday that she still intends to run in the Oct. 6 presidential election, and that, unlike other candidates, nothing in Monday's sentence prevents her from running.

Laribi said Moussi's morale remained high, and he planned to appeal.

The sentence is the latest in a growing crackdown that observers have said is politically motivated against Saied's critics, regardless of political affiliation.

With Moussi and other leading opposition figures in prison, Saied is expected to face little election competition in what was once the Middle East and North Africa’s most progressive democracy.