Sapir Lipkin

Al-Amoudi, who like many of the organization's leaders in the Strip was also released in the Shalit prisoner exchange, was one of Sinwar's senior bureau officials and served as the organization's head of public relations. Following Sinwar's assassination, he was put in charge of organization's political apparatus in Gaza, and his influence also expanded to the military apparatus. The struggle to turn his de facto power into an official status continued in recent months as well - and in September it was reported that he competed against Nizar Awadallah for the leadership of Hamas's political bureau in Gaza