Obsessive and dictatorial, Yahya Sinwar was feared on both sides of the Hamas-Israel war
Back in Gaza, Sinwar closely coordinated between Hamas' political leadership and its military wing, the Qassam Brigades. He also cultivated a reputation for ruthlessness. He is widely believed to be behind the unprecedented 2016 killing of another top Hamas commander, Mahmoud Ishtewi, in an internal power struggle.
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Yahya Sinwar’s Death Can End This War
The death of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was believed to be the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, provides a new opening for the United States to meaningfully push for a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza and for the de-escalation of violence across the Middle East.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday confirmed that Sinwar was among the three people killed in an airstrike in Gaza.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris described Thursday as a good day for the world after the death of Hamas ...
Over the past year, Israel has picked off the Hamas leadership one by one - with the chief of the country's army declaring yesterday that the terror group's military ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar may ... to compromise from the side of Sinwar, because he thought that the continuation of the war in the north and the ...
At the top of the chain was public enemy no 1, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, with his grey hair and salt and pepper beard. For the first time since the war began, he had a question mark over his head ...
The White House believes Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is alive, contradicting Israeli reports of his death. U.S. official Brett McGurk confirmed that Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7 ...
Analysts say Hamas chief's death is unlikely to have a major impact on talks, as it doesn't change Israel’s ambitions ...
Israel's military released video on Friday of what it said to be the moment a tank fired at a building where Hamas leader ...
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