Ƙungiyar Hamas ta zaɓi Khalil al-Hayya a matsayin sabon shugabanta bayan kammala wani zaɓe na cikin gida da ya gudana tsakaninsa da babban jami’in ƙungiyar, Khaled Meshaal.
An gudanar da wannan zaɓe ne a cikin tsarin zaɓen shugabancin ƙungiyar, inda al-Hayya ya samu isasshen goyon baya domin maye gurbin tsohon shugaban. Jami'an Hamas sun bayyana cewa tsarin na daga cikin hanyoyin tuntuɓar juna da ƙungiyar ke amfani da su wajen zaɓen shugabanni.
Al-Hayya, wanda ya dade yana cikin manyan shugabannin siyasar Hamas, ana sa ran zai taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsara manufofin siyasa da dabarun yaƙi na ƙungiyar a lokacin da yankin ke fuskantar matsanancin rikici da tashin hankali.
Khaled Meshaal, wanda ya taɓa zama shugaban ofishin siyasa na Hamas, yana daga cikin manyan waɗanda ake ganin suna da damar lashe zaɓen, amma al-Hayya ya yi nasara a zagayen ƙarshe na zaɓen.
Sauyin shugabancin ya zo ne a lokacin da Hamas ke fuskantar manyan ƙalubale na siyasa, soja da kuma jin kai, yayin da masu sa ido ke bibiyar yadda sabon shugaban zai tafiyar da manufofin ƙungiyar da dangantakarta da ƙasashen yankin.