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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yahya_SinwarYahya Sinwar - Wikipedia

    Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar (Arabic: يحيى إبراهيم حسن السنوار, romanized: Yaḥyá Ibrāhīm Ḥasan al-Sinwār; born 29 October 1962), commonly known as Yahya Sinwar, [note 1] [3] is a Palestinian politician, who has been the chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau since August 2024 [4] and the Hamas leader in ...

  2. www.cnn.com › 2024/06/20 › middleeastHe saved the life of Hamas’s leader. Then they murdered his...

    Jun 20, 2024 · It was there he met “the person” – Yahya Sinwar, a Hamas militant convicted of murder who would go on to become the group’s leader in Gaza – saying he saved his life by helping diagnose ...

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Yahya-SunwarYahya Sinwar | Hamas Leader, Biography, & Facts | Britannica

    6 days ago · Yahya Sinwar (born October 29, 1962, Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza Strip) is the leader of Hamas, having become the head of affairs in the Gaza Strip in 2017 and the de facto leader before replacing Ismail Haniyeh as head of the political bureau in 2024.

  4. www.bbc.com › news › world-middle-east-67473719Yahya Sinwar: Who is the Hamas leader in Gaza? - BBC

    Yahya Sinwar has disappeared. Hardly surprising when thousands of Israeli troops backed by drones, electronic eavesdropping devices and human informants, are all trying to discover his...

  5. www.ft.com › content › de78c7a0-f8f0-403e-b0db-eb86d6e76919‘Dead man walking’: How Yahya Sinwar deceived Israel for decades

    Nov 5, 2023 · Decades before he orchestrated the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, Yahya Sinwar was jailed by an Israeli military tribunal for multiple murders. His response: to study...

  6. www.cnn.com › 2023/12/07 › middleeastWho is Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel has called a ‘dead...

    Dec 7, 2023 · The Israeli prime minister said Wednesday that Israeli forces had surrounded the house of Yahya Sinwar, potentially closing in on the top Hamas official in Gaza – and the man most wanted by ...

  7. www.reuters.com › world › middle-eastYahya Sinwar, Hamas’ hunted leader, remains committed to Israel's...

    6 days ago · Oct 4 (Reuters) - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is unrepentant about the Oct. 7 attacks a year ago, people in contact with him say, despite unleashing an Israeli invasion that has killed tens of ...

  8. www.nytimes.com › 2024/10/04 › usHamas Leader Is Holding Out for a Bigger War, U.S. Officials Say

    6 days ago · The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, has become fatalistic after nearly a year of war in Gaza and is determined to see Israel embroiled in a wider regional conflict, U.S. officials said. Mr. Sinwar ...

  9. www.timesofisrael.com › us-official-sinwar-likely-alive-in-gaza-tunnel-withUS official: Sinwar likely alive in Gaza tunnel ‘with hostages in...

    1 day ago · The US believes that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is alive and likely hiding in an underground Gaza tunnel with hostages in his vicinity, White House Mideast czar Brett McGurk revealed on Wednesday.

  10. www.telegraph.co.uk › world-news › 2024/10/05Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been silent for months - now some...

    6 days ago · Sinwar was appointed the political leader of Hamas after Ishmail Haniyeh was killed in an alleged Israeli attack in Tehran in July, making him the all-powerful figure of the terror group. Widely...