Yahya Sinwar

Hamas admits leadership losses, moves into crisis mode - opinion

Hamas negotiates from exposure rather than strength or ambition, and Gaza has become a place it can neither control nor govern freely.

 Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida delivers a speech following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, January 19, 2025
 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on the backdrop of hostage posters. (Illustrative)

'Cool!' Ex-hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen recount learning of Hamas leader Sinwar's death

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wore a gold pin of a noose, December 8, 2025.

Is the death penalty for terrorists proposed by Ben-Gvir 'Jewish'? - opinion

Hamas's new military spokesman, whose name is yet to be revealed.

Hamas reavealing a new Abu Obeida shows it has no intention to disarm, IDF sources say


'Showing us how to win a war': Navy Seal who killed Bin Laden lauds Israel's killing of Sinwar

Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Rob O'Neill criticized the United States foreign policy when it came to Qatar.

Former Seal Team Six Navy Seal Rob O'Neill speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

Iraq suspends MBC Media Group license following report calling Sinwar, Nasrallah terrorists

The decision was made after the channel aired a report calling former Hamas, and Hezbollah leaders, as well as Iran’s Quds Force, the “faces of terrorism.”

 A general view of the town of Sinjar in Iraq, June 6, 2024.

IDF reveals new Sinwar footage, Netanyahu vows response to assassination attempt

Drone slams into Caesarea •IDF names two fallen soldiers killed in Gaza Strip • Additional IDF soldier succumbs to wounds

A photo from the tunnel where Yahya Sinwar stayed in the Tel Sultan area and were located by the IDF and Shin Bet, October 19, 2024.

Harris tells voters Sinwar’s death is opportunity to bring hostages home

Harris, while courting voters in the battleground swing state of Michigan, said that Sinwar's death is an opportunity to end the Israel-Hamas war.

 Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris waves after arriving at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, US, October 18, 2024.

'A small, ugly, and broken figure': IDF officer reflects on time alone with Sinwar's body

"How much better the world is now," Lt. Col. Itamar Itam wrote. "Together we will win."

 IDF soldiers evacuate the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar after a strike in Gaza, October 17, 2024

After Sinwar's death, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before US election - report

By intensifying its military operations against Hezbollah and Hamas, Israel wants to ensure that its enemies and their chief patron, Iran, don’t regroup and threaten Israeli citizens again.

 Palestinians supporters of Hamas attend an anti-Israel rally in the presence of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on May 25, 2021

Despite IDF's year-long operation, Hamas's civil administration continues operations - analysis

It turns out that most Hamas government offices are still functioning, and in many cases, they continue to provide services to civilians.

 A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Gaza coast, June 25, 2024.

IDF kills Sinwar's bodyguard, Hamas's Tel al-Sultan Battalion commander Mahmoud Hamdan

The encounter, during which Hamdan was eliminated, occurred approximately 200 meters from the location where Sinwar had been killed.

 IDF soldiers approach the building where former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was hiding before his death in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

'I cheered when they came and told me': Gazans celebrate elimination of Yahya Sinwar

Hamas has long been accused of crushing dissent in Gaza with beatings or worse. But recent months have seen some rare public displays of dissent.

 People walk at the ruins of al-Omari mosque as Palestinians perform Friday prayers, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City October 18, 2024.

US: Hamas nearly totally militarily incapacitated

“They are absolutely incapable, as you and I are speaking here today, of conducting another attack on the scale of October 7,” Kirby said.

 US National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby on the forefront of a wall displaying posters of hostages (illustrative)