Yahya Sinwar

Expert: Lessons, trauma from October 7 informing new West Bank land registration policy - interview

Israeli leaders are choosing to prioritize physical security, even if it means “taking the risk of being a pariah nation,” foreign policy expert Harley Lippman said.

An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025.

Israel should enact the Ben-Gvir death penalty law - opinion

 Yahya Sinwar, former leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement at a meeting with members of Palestinian factions at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022

Netanyahu turned down 11 plans to kill Hamas's Yahya Sinwar before October 7, N12 reports

 Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida delivers a speech following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, January 19, 2025

Hamas admits leadership losses, moves into crisis mode - opinion


Israel sends message to Hamas, drops leaflets showing Sinwar over Gaza

The leaflet's wording was from a statement by Netanyahu on Thursday after Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers operating in Rafah.

 An alleged leaflet dropped by the IDF into the Gaza Strip, urging Gazans to lay down their weapons and returning the hostages.

Yahya Sinwar’s body could be ‘bargaining chip’ for hostages, Israeli sources say

While the terror leader was responsible for the massacre of over 1200 people, and the abduction of over 250, he may be the key to securing the return of hostages, two sources said.

 HAMAS’S GAZA chief, Yahya Sinwar, sits in his office in Gaza City, in 2022. While the majority of experts believe that Sinwar is an irrational psychopath, others consider him to be a psychopath who ultimately makes rational decisions, says the writer.

Andrew Tate says he prays for a 'heroic' death like Sinwar's

"I can only pray for a death as heroic as Yahya Sinwar," Tate wrote. "Brave, defiant in the face of evil and dedicated to his lifes purpose. He deserves eternal rest. He earnt it."

 British-US former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (L) and his brother Tristan Tate (R) speak to journalists after having been released from detention in Bucharest, Romania on March 12, 2024.

'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.