Israel on Tuesday carried out the strike on Beirut, which it said killed a top Hezbollah commander. (AP video: Fadi Tawil and Mahamad Anouti) 4 of 34 | Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top leader in exile who landed on Israel’s hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7...
Hamas said Haniyeh was killed "in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran" after he attended the swearing-in of Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, along with other Hamas officials and officials from Hezbollah and allied groups. "Hamas declares to the great Palestinian ...
7, Arouri kept a low profile while others in the Hamas political leadership made frequent public appearances in Beirut, including in near-daily press conferences. He seems to have been hiding in plain sight. He was killed in a strike on an apartment building in ...
Hamas confirmed that itsleader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, and the militant group reiterated its stance that hostages taken from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops. ...
Israel said Thursday that Hamas' top leader and longtime commander in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar was killed by troops during an operation in the war-torn Palestinian territory. "His elimination is an important landmark in the decline of the evil rule of Hamas," Israeli Prime Minister ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was “still not absolutely certain” whether Deif and another target of the strike, Rafa Salama, were killed. He also told a news conference that Hamas’ entire leadership is ...
Sinwar has been Hamas’ leader inside the Gaza Strip for years. He was elevated to the group’s top leadership position in July after his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital, Tehran. ...
The military's claim that he was dead came a day after Hamas'political leader Ismail Haniyehwaskilled in an alleged Israelistrike on Tehran. Those developments could help set the tone for the remainder of the war. They could imperil cease-fire talks and raise fe...
For Hamas, Sinwar’s killing leaves a gaping hole in the militant group’s leadership, with its future in Gaza and beyond uncertain. It is a symbolic blow for a group already reeling from multiple assassinations of its leaders. An Israeli airstrike killed Marwan Issa, deputy leader of H...
He was elevated to the group’s top leadership position in July after his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital, Tehran. In the past months, Israel has eliminated a string of senior figures from Hamas and Hezbollah wit...