CBS News (Video) Netanyahu confirms Yahya Sinwar killing, says war is not over. Posted: October 17, 2024 | Last updated: December 28, 2024. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed the ...

The death of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was believed to be the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, provides a new opening for the United States to meaningfully push for a cease-fire and ...

As the war Sinwar refused to end ground on into 2024, he blatantly told his fellow Hamasniks that they should make no concessions to the demands of Arab peace negotiators.

Hence no expense being spared to hunt him down in the wake of the 7 October attack, which Sinwar is thought to have masterminded, given the iron grip he had on Hamas in his native Gaza.

At the end of the battle, Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, posed for a photograph in broad daylight. Surrounded by rubble, he sat in an armchair. On his face, he wore a defiant smile.

Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader Yahya Sinwar. Advertisement.

What Yahya Sinwar's death means for the Israel-Hamas war 01:53 But Hamas did not mention any renewed push for a cease-fire agreement with Israel after the killing of its leader.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Daniel Byman, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and what it means for the war ...

Hezbollah said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in its war against Israel after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Friday it was ...

The killing of Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, purportedly in a random military action in Gaza, could alter the trajectory of Israel's expanding war. But it's far from certain ...

US steps up hunt for Hamas Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar to prevent Middle East war: report By . Emily Crane. Published Aug. 27, 2024, 7:25 a.m. ET.