Rumoured split in Hamas leadership as hope grows for ceasefire deal

“It may be that the leadership in Doha, because they were not really involved in the planning of 7 October, are trying to reassert dominance and prove that they are the ones who are really in charge,” said Dr HA Hellyer, a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute who is also a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.