Hamas issues rare statement attributed to Sinwar congratulating Algerian president on election

Hamas releases a rare statement attributed to the terror group’s leader Yahya Sinwar, who congratulates Algeria’s incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune after he was declared the winner of an election whose results have been challenged by opposition candidates.

The statement says Sinwar stressed Tebboune’s support for the Palestinians and was sending his congratulations in light of the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” using the Gaza-ruling terror organization’s name for its October 7 onslaught in southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.

Sinwar, who was named Hamas’s top leader after Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in late July, is believed to be hiding in tunnels under Gaza and has issued few public statements since the launch of the October 7 attack that he’s accused of masterminding.