Besides Khalil Al-Hayya, who is Hamas' chief negotiator, the other main leadership contenders are Khaled Meshaal, Haniyeh's predecessor, and Mohammad Darwish, a little-known figure who chairs the Shura Council.

CAIRO: The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother - Mohamm...

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has "deep concerns" about the "consequences" of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

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Khalil Al Hayya's elevation to leadership post could be leveraged by Iran to its advantage

Hamas is likely to name Qatar-based Khalil al-Hayya as the successor to slain leader Yayha Sinwar, aligning the terrorist group closer to Iran and giving its main backer more sway in the next stage of its war with Israel.

CAIRO: The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother - Mohammad Sinwar - is expected to assume

The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother - Mohammad Sinwar - is expected to assume a bigger role directing the war against Israel in the territory.

The account might be settled with the Hamas leader, the debt paid — but the war is not over. This is just the beginning of the end.

Israel's Foreign Minister has confirmed that Israeli troops have killed Yahya Sinwar, a top Hamas leader, during ongoing operations in Gaza. Sinwar, considered a key architect of last year's attack on Israel that ignited the current war, had been at the top of Israel's most wanted list.

Yahya Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Drone footage from the IDF captures the final moments of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, killed in a targeted operation in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Biden praised the operation as a major blow to Hamas leadership.

Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight.

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region continued to reckon with Israel’s claim that top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a battle...

Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of last year’s Oct 7 attack that triggered the war in Gaza, was killed by Israeli forces two days ago.

After a career in the shadows, spent in Israeli prisons and the internal security apparatus of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar emerged as the leader of the Palestinian group after helping ignite a full-blown w

On 17th of October, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced they were working to confirm the identity of one of three Hamas operatives killed in Gaza, who they suspect may be Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was the mastermind behind the October 7 terror attacks on Israel. The IDF announced they engaged and killed three Hamas terrorists in Gaza, potentially including Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar following an airstrike on a building housing the operatives. They soldiers found a body resembling Sinwar, although full identification is pending due to booby traps. The IDF and Shin Bet are using DNA, dental, and fingerprint tests to confirm his identity. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reaffirmed Israel’s commitment to pursuing terrorists, quoting scripture to emphasize their resolve.

Yahya Sinwar was among more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in 2011 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an exchange for an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead, but it’s unlikely the multiple conflicts in the Middle East will cease, says RSIS’ Dr James M Dorsey.

Sinwar rose to the top position after the killing of previous leader Ismail Haniyeh in the explosion of a guesthouse in Tehran on July 30.

He was a rarely seen veteran militant who learned Hebrew over years spent in Israeli prisons and who carefully studied his enemy.