Yahya Sinwar,the Hamas leader who was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, was the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war. He rose to the top position in August after thekilling of the previous leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in an explos...
GAZA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency jointly confirmed Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday. No official confirmation has been made by Hamas. Sinwar was born in October 1962 in th...
Israel has publicly accused Sinwar of being the “mastermind” behind Hamas’ terror attack against Israel on October 7 – though experts say he is likely one of several – making him one of the key targets of its war in Gaza. The attack was the deadliest assault in Israel’s history. ...
Last week, Israeli jets struck Sanaa and Hodeida, killing nine people, calling it a response to previous Houthi attacks. The Houthis also have been targeting shipping on the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. Security Council has ...
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Koubi says Sinwar boasted during his interrogations about killing suspected Palestinian informants with "a razor blade" and with "a machete." MORE: Israel-Gaza live updates It is why, says Koubi, Sinwar was dubbed "the butcher of Khan Younis." ...
when a Houthi missile hit a playground in Tel Aviv. Last week, Israeli jets struck Sanaa and Hodeida, killing nine people, calling it a response to previous Houthi attacks. The Houthis also have been targeting shipping on the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza....
"It is of course completely unacceptable in relation to Israel and Gaza, that there is someone who takes a conflict somewhere else in the world into Danish society," she added. In the Netherlands, police said a 57-year-old Dutch man was arrested in the city of Rotterdam, based on a req...
And in a rare interview with an Italian journalist in 2018, Sinwar indicated that the group was willing to find a political solution, saying: “A new war is in no one’s interest.” He also alluded to the reality he and others in Gaza were facing under Israel’s blockade, drawing ...
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza 05:04 CNN — Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be one of the architects of the militant group’s October 7, 2023, terror attack and Israel’s most wanted man, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military. Sinwar...