Yahya Sinwar

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

In Keinon’s reading, Gaza’s devastation was not an unforeseen consequence. It was a price Sinwar was prepared to pay in the hope of igniting a regional war that would ultimately destroy Israel.

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
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

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a metal foundry in Gaza City, July 12, 2026.

Hamas's Yahya Sinwar welcomed apocalyptic nuclear war if it meant destroying Israel - analysis

 Palestinians supporters of Hamas attend an anti-Israel rally in the presence of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on May 25, 2021

Hamas documents reveal: Sinwar expected Israel to use nuclear weapons in response to October 7


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.

How Sinwar's death could reshape Israel’s strategy in Gaza – opinion

Think about it: As Israel navigates the era after Sinwar, will this impact hostage negotiations, Gaza's future, and the broader conflict in the Middle East

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