Yahya Sinwar

International Arab Book Fair emerges as platform for Islamist axis, Hamas support

During the event, the secretary general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), a Muslim Brotherhood organization operating from Qatar, called for aid to be transferred to Gaza.

People visit the 35th edition of the Doha International Book Fair at the Qatari capital's exhibition and convention center, on May 15, 2026.
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025; illustrative.

Egypt not Arab country using diplomacy to lower Israel's guard, Netanyahu adviser says

United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni and Yitzhak Goldknopf attend a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Haredi leaders, Yahya Sinwar: Different ideologies, the same refusal to face reality - opinion

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

A second failure? Israel's delay of an October 7 investigation is unacceptable - editorial


From Tehran to Tel Aviv, war shifts Israel's 2026 election landscape - opinion

Will the war with Iran reshape Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategy for Israel's 2026 elections?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a Special Session in his Honor of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

Butterfly effect: How Russia's Ukraine war enabled Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre - opinion

The path from Kyiv to Gaza is not a straight line, but a series of butterfly wings that destabilized a fragile global system until it reached its breaking point.

A view shows destroyed tanks near the village of Heorhiivka (Georgiyevka), in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, July 16, 2025.

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.

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

Murder rates continue to rise, not just since the October 7 massacre, and Israel cannot afford to be lenient if it wishes to survive.

 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.

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

According to N12, after seeing escalation from Gaza during the months before the attack, the Shin Bet notified Netanyahu 11 times that an effective assassination of Sinwar could be conducted.

 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

Hamas admits leadership losses, moves into crisis mode - opinion

Hamas negotiates from exposure rather than strength or ambition, and Gaza has become a place it can neither control nor govern freely.

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

'Cool!' Ex-hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen recount learning of Hamas leader Sinwar's death

Emily Damari and Romi Gonen also recalled their harrowing time in captivity, their bond through music, and their emotional journey after the Oct. 7 massacre during a Galgaltz show on Monday.

 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on the backdrop of hostage posters. (Illustrative)

Is the death penalty for terrorists proposed by Ben-Gvir 'Jewish'? - opinion

As terror rises, Israel faces a fierce debate: Does justice require executing convicted terrorists, or does it betray Jewish values?

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wore a gold pin of a noose, December 8, 2025.

Hamas reavealing a new Abu Obeida shows it has no intention to disarm, IDF sources say

Hamas finally breaks its silence on Abu Obeida’s elimination, debuting a masked successor to lead its psychological war. The IDF was not surprised by the move; it had expected it.

Hamas's new military spokesman, whose name is yet to be revealed.

Death of senior terrorist Ra'ad Sa'ad closes the October 7 chapter, but Hamas remains - analysis

The bad news is that simply killing Saad is unlikely to get Hamas to disarm and to change its approach to international efforts to displace its control of Gaza.

Mourners carry bodies during the funeral of Hamas's senior commander Raed Saed and his aides, who were killed in an Israeli strike a day earlier, in Gaza City, December 14, 2025.