Hamas suffered a severe blow last fall when Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader and strategist behind the Oct. 7 attacks. But now the U.S.-designated terrorist group has another ...

Yahya Sinwar’s death must have left President Joe Biden giddy with excitement. This is a coup for the Israel Defense Forces. It is justice long delayed. Mr. Sinwar’s demise is a crack in Iran ...

Released in 2011, Mr Sinwar was appointed to Hamas’s Gaza bureau. By 2017 he led it. His lieutenants from prison rose with him. He strengthened the military wing—the al-Qassam brigades.

People hold up images of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, as they march during a pro-Palestinian protest in Istanbul on Oct. 19, 2024. Posters read in Turkish ...

Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a press conference for Quds (Jerusalem) day in Gaza City on May 30,2019. AFP via Getty Images He also wanted the group to set up a ...

Robin Wright on the future of the Middle East following the recent assassinations of Hamas’s and Hezbollah’s leaders, Yahya Sinwar and Hasan Nasrallah, respectively.

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military’s year-long pursuit of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar finally ended Wednesday in a battle that took his life. Now comes the battle to define his death.

Yahya Sinwar was on Israel's most wanted list since the deadly October 7 attack last year. The Hamas leader was killed by chance Thursday when Israeli troops fired at a masked militant in a building.

AFTER THE Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in 2021 Yahya Sinwar appeared sitting on a sofa in the open air, surrounded by rubble and smiling. It became a defining image of resistance for many Hamas ...

The elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the unrepentant mastermind of the darkest day in Israel’s history, brought a collective sigh of relief. The human embodiment of evil is now gone ...

Mohammed Sinwar is expected to take over as leader of Hamas after his older brother Yahya Sinwar was confirmed to have been killed in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces as the brutal war continues.

What does the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean for the war in Gaza and the region beyond, and will it revive the chances of cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages?