Daniel Hagari, called him a murderer “who proved to the whole world that Hamas is worse than ISIS,” referring to the Islamic State group. Advertisement Always defiant, Sinwar ended one of his few public speeches by inviting Israel to assassinate him, proclaiming in Gaza, “I will walk ...
But he was also deeply feared for his iron grip in Gaza, where public dissent is suppressed. In contrast to the media-friendly personas cultivated by some of Hamas’ political leadership, Sinwar never sought to build a public image. He was known as the “Butcher of Khan Younis” ...
Harris discussed the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar with reporters in Milwaukee.The vice president used the opportunity to send a message that Sinwar’s death marks an opportunity to end the war in Gaza — what has been a central issue in the campaign and continues to pose a thre...
“Thank you, first of all, to Vice President Harris. Thanks for putting your trust in me, and for inviting me to be part of this incredible campaign,” he said. “It is the honor of my life to accept your nomination for vice president of the United States. We’re all here ...
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.
“Let me be clear from the outset that I fully understand the anger, grief and fear of the Israeli people following the horrific, barbaric and unjustifiable attacks by Hamas and other armed groups on Israeli civilians on the 7th of October,” said Dr. Tedros, WHO’s chief executive since ...
In speeches throughout the conflict, Nasrallah argued that Hezbollah’s cross-border strikes had pulled away Israeli forces that would otherwise be focused on Hamas in Gaza and insisted that Hezbollah would not halt its attacks on Israel until a cease-fire is reached in Gaza. He ...
"Now is the time, and this [is] the country," Webster wrote in 1789 in his "Dissertations on the English Language," dubbed America’s linguistic Declaration of Independence. "Let us then seize the present moment, and establish a national language, as well as a national gov...
France Unbowed has been a vocal critic of Israel and refused to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Critics accuse him of antisemitism, which he denies. Mr Macron has long been contemptuous of Mr Melenchon. Mr Melenchon is famed for his fiery temper, and in 2018 was filmed yellin...
Hezbollah had opened a front to support its ally Hamas in the Gaza Strip a day after the Palestinian group’s surprise attack into southern Israel. The recent strikes in Lebanon and the assassination of Nasrallah are a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, this time between ...