Hamas’s new Gaza capo isn’t our friend: Hamas has named hardline militant commander Yehia Sinwar as its new leader in Gaza, the Associated Press reports. Sinwar was freed by Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap after over 20 years behind bars. He replaces Ismail Haniyeh as prime minister, while Haniyeh takes over supreme leadership from Khaled Mashaal. Sinwar is described as Egypt’s “bitter enemy” by Kobi Michael, a former head of the Palestinian desk at Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs, in this piece by The New York Times, as he “favored cooperation with [Daesh] affiliates fighting the Egyptian army in the Sinai Desert” and was a hardcore member of the Ikhwan, once upon a time.

Elsewhere in the world this morning, because not everyone is blessed to live in Omm El Donia on Valentine’s Day:

• Former Goldman Sachs veteran and “Hollywood financier” Steven Mnuchin has been confirmed as America’s Treasury Secretary.
• OPEC is piling pressure on non-members to make good on their pledged output cuts, according to Kuwait’s oil minister.
• Germany says it wants Greece to remain in the euro zone as the European Commission forecasts Greece will see “a large jump in economic growth” this year and next, while the IMF holds a more pessimistic view on the country’s economic future.