Yahya Sinwar: Who is the Hamas leader in Gaza? 叶海亚·辛瓦尔:加沙哈马斯领导人是谁? Nov. 22, 2023 By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent Yahya Sinwar has disappeared. Hardly surprising when thousands of Israeli troops backed by drones, electronic eavesdropping devices and human informants, ...
Among Palestinians, he was respected for standing up to Israel and remaining in impoverished Gaza, in contrast to other Hamas leaders living more comfortably abroad. But he was also deeply feared for his iron grip in Gaza, where public dissent is suppressed. In contrast to the media-friendly ...
Image:Pro-Hamas rally pledging allegiance to Sinwar in Khan Younis in May 2022. Pic: AP Testimonies from people on the ground in Gaza, however, suggest his violent methods have left many of them disillusioned with Hamas. With Israel's promise to destroy Hamas and all of its leaders, Dr B...
Here is a closer look at Hamas’ elusive military leader and what his death could mean for the trajectory of the war. Who is Mohammed Deif ? Deif was among the founders of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, i...
Privacy Policy Former Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the pro-Islamic Future Party Ahmet Davutoglu met with Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Meshal this week and shared their conditions for peace with Al-Monitor. Davutoglu sharply criticized the governments of Turkey and Ar...
Who takes the steering wheel for Hamas? What matters is not what the Palestinian public feels today about Sinwar’s death as much as the question of who will take over the steering wheel after him. Before discussing the potential successors, it is worth reminding everyone that any leader who...
Hamas leaders say an Israeli crackdown on militants in the West Bank, continued construction of settlements — which the international community considers to be illegal — thousands of prisoners in Israeli jails, and its ongoing blockade of Gaza pushed it to attack. Its leaders say hundreds...
“Whoever thinks that by targeting my kids during the negotiation talks and before a deal is agreed upon that it will force Hamas to back down on its demands, is delusional,” he said. At the time, Haniyeh was based in Qatar, which is not a signatory of the Rome Statute allowing juri...
In August, Sinwar became one of Hamas’ most senior leaders after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran. But he had long been a key player in the militant group. Sinwar joined Hamas in the late 1980s, rising quickly through its ranks. He founded ...
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