Yahya Sinwar

How Hamas’s internal cracks are becoming impossible for Gazans to ignore - opinion

Questions are now growing inside Gaza about whether Hamas still possesses the same solid popular base that once gave the movement its legitimacy after taking control of the Strip in 2007.

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.
Hamas terrorists look on as they escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the so-called "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire in Gaza City November 12, 2025.

Hamas leadership elections end without political leader selection, promises future vote

The joint US-Israel military strikes on Iran mark more than a tactical military operation. They represent a fundamental realignment – President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have closed a strategic gap that successive American administrations never fully bridged.

Netanyahu’s prediction fulfilled as Israel reshapes Middle East - analysis

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.

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


'Eliminated': IDF publishes footage of moments prior to Sinwar's elimination

"A terrorist on the first floor, wrapped in a blanket," a soldier further described the terrorist, noting, "he is still alive among us." 

 IDF soldiers seen operating in the Gaza Strip, October 28, 2024

A post-Sinwar scenario: What's next for Hamas and Israel now? - opinion

With Sinwar gone, Hamas's new leadership faces critical choices on ceasefire talks, hostages, and its future in Gaza.

 Hamas official Yahya Sinwar joins list of eliminated terrorists (illustrative)

'A pressure card': Al-Quds claims alleged Hamas docs reveal Sinwar's orders on Gaza hostages

One document reportedly calls on Hamas terrorists to "take care of the lives" of the hostages, considered by Sinwar as a "pressure card."

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

Israel must not end war yet despite Sinwar success - opinion

We, who want this war to end yesterday, must keep fighting tomorrow and tomorrow, until the aggressors – Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran – cave in. 

 A BILLBOARD features assassinated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, in Sanaa, Yemen. Sinwar’s reign of terror ended only because Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel defied conventional wisdom and world opinion, the writer argues.

Hamas's Sinwar is gone, so who's next in its leadership? - analysis

Only a generous Israeli incentive to whoever fills in Sinwar’s shoes can bring the incumbent war in Gaza to an end if such an end is what Israel needs.

 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on at an anti-Israel rally, in Gaza City, in 2022.

Yahya Sinwar’s death shakes Iran, echoing the collapse of tyranny – opinion

Hamas leader Sinwar’s death marks the beginning of the end of Iran’s ‘unity of fronts’ strategy against Israel.

 The flag of Iran is shown behind Palestinian terrorist group Hamas leader Yehya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip at a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the Hamas Islamic movement on December 14, 2022

Palestinian man 'shocked' to discover Sinwar was killed in his home

After seeing drone footage of Sinwar’s elimination on Ibn Sena Street in Rafah, southern Gaza, Taha reportedly recognized the home he evacuated in May. 

 IDF soldiers approach the building where former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was hiding before his death in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Sinwar’s fatal mistake: Hamas leader refused Arab offer to escape Gaza- WSJ

Yahya Sinwar allegedly denied a deal which would see his escape in exchange for Egypt taking over negotiations for a ceasefire on Hamas's behalf - plotting instead for a regional war.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar attends a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the movement's founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2022.

The 'day after' the Israel-Hamas war is now – editorial

The time has run out for arguing – we need a hostage deal while we can still get one.

 The house where Sinwar was killed in southern Gaza with an Israeli, Kfir and Paratrooper Brigade flags planted on top, October 20, 2024.

Former UK intelligence head: Yahya Sinwar's death may trigger Islamic terror in the UK

Sawers cautioned that new leadership within Hamas and Hezbollah might intensify their focus on violence, and possibly “revert back to international terrorism, including here in the UK.”

 Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief, John Sawers, arrives for a meeting of the UK's National Security Council, at 10 Downing Street in London August 28, 2013.