Following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on 31 July 2024, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar as the new "overall leader" of the movement, as well as the new chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau. The announcement came after the Shura Council, the body that elects Hamas's politburo, voted unanimously to choose Sinwar as the new leader, in what was ...

On 16 October 2024, during their operations in the Israel–Hamas war, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. His killing was the result of a routine patrol and a chance encounter in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. [4] He had been one of Israel's most wanted men after the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel.

Jan 17, 2025 · Yahya Sinwar (born October 29, 1962, Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza Strip—died October 16, 2024, Rafah, Gaza Strip) was the de facto leader of Hamas from 2017 to 2024 and the de jure leader as head of its political bureau from August 2024 to October 2024.

Oct 18, 2024 · The fatal blow to the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, was a gunshot wound to the head, the Israeli autopsy of his body found. He was earlier hit in the arm during a firefight with Israeli...

Oct 17, 2024 · Hamas has confirmed that Israel killed its political and military leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. The Israeli military said on Thursday that Sinwar had been positively identified after he was killed...

Oct 17, 2024 · Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be one of the architects of the militant group’s October 7, 2023, terror attack and Israel’s most wanted man, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, according...

Oct 17, 2024 · Israel says its troops in Gaza have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of the 7 October 2023 attacks and the country's most wanted man.

Oct 17, 2024 · Israeli troops had for more than a year hunted the leader of Hamas, who disappeared in Gaza soon after masterminding the 7 October attacks. Yahya Sinwar, 61, was said to have spent much of...

Oct 17, 2024 · Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has been killed by Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza, Israel has confirmed. Sinwar had led the armed group in Gaza since 2017 and was described by Israel,...

Oct 17, 2024 · Yayha Sinwar has been a central figure in Hamas for decades, and the most pivotal person behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the bloody conflict in Gaza that has followed in the...