Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The militant group reiterated its stance that hostages taken from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops.

Hamas on Friday, October 18 confirmed the death of its chief Yahya Sinwar in an Israeli operation in Gaza on Thursday.

Khalil al-Hayya reiterated the Palestinian militant group’s stance that it will not release Israeli hostages until there is a ceasefire.

DOHA: Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday confirmed its leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, a day after Israel...

Militant group says will not release hostages until war in Gaza ends

Khalil al-Hayya, Sinwar's deputy and leader of Hamas' delegation during ceasefire negotiations, emphasised that the prisoners' return would not happen before the end of the aggression, AP reported.

A top Hamas official has confirmed the death of their leader, Yahya Sinwar - but said it will only "strengthen them".

Hamas has confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar, in an Israeli airstrike, while maintaining that it will not release hostages until the Gaza war ends.

Palestinian militant group Hamas has officially confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar, following an announcement by Israeli authorities. Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official based in Qatar, expressed the group’s sorrow in a video statement broadcast by Al Jazeera, mourning Sinwar as a “great leader” and “martyred brother.” Sinwar emerged as Israel’s most […]

Yahya Sinwar death: Hezbollah vows to fight Israel, Israeli hostages will not return until Gaza ‘aggression’ stops, says Hamas.

Hamas deputy leader, Khalil al-Hayya on Friday confirmed the death of the organization's leader, Yahya Sinwar. Following Sinwar's death, al-Hayya vowed

Relatives of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza say now is the time to negotiate their release.

Military says it is pressing its operation in Jabalia

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops Friday, a day after Israel said its forces in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of last year’s brutal attack on Israel that sparked the current war. Sinwar’s killing in […]

Netanyahu says war is not over, but it’s ‘the beginning of the end’

Sinwar’s death seen as blow to Hamas

JERUSALEM: Israel conducted raids on Gaza on Friday (Oct 18), pressing its year-long war to crush Hamas after dealing it a massive blow with the killing of its leader, Yahya Sinwar.

JERUSALEM: Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its Oct 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar

Israel announces killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, marking another high-profile assassination in ongoing conflict with militants.

New Delhi: Israel on Thursday killed Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar, 62, in a Gaza operation, the visual of the last moments has gone viral. In a social media

Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in its war against Israel, while Iran said "the spirit of resistance will be strengthened" after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, and the militant group reiterated its stance that hostages taken from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is vowing to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops, a day after Israel said its forces in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect...

Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in its war against Israel, while Iran said "the spirit of resistance will be strengthened" after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Israel says the top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza. Foreign Minister Katz called Sinwar’s killing a “military and moral achievement for the Israeli army.” Sinwar was a chief architect of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the latest escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Earlier Thursday, Palestinian officials reported at least 28 people were dead, including four children, in an Israeli strike on a school being used as a shelter in Gaza on Thursday. Nearly 100 people were wounded in the strike in Jabaliya, according to the Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency unit in the north.Syria’s military said an Israeli strike early Thursday wounded two civilians and damaged a military post. Israel regularly targets military sites in Syria linked to Iran and to Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in recent weeks, after a year of near-daily exchanges of cross-border fire. Lebanon says more than 2,400 people…

Sinwar, a mastermind of the October 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, a pivotal event in the year-long conflict.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declares the killing of Hamas chief Sinwar as the beginning of the end of the war.

Jerusalem, Oct 18: Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, has been killed by Israeli forces, as confirmed by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, agencies reported. Sinwar, 62, was identified as a key architect of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 people, ma.....

Netanyahu said that Hamas terrorists who freed Israeli hostages would be allowed to live, but those who tried to harm them would be killed.

“Sinwar died while beaten, persecuted and on the run; he didn’t die as a commander, but as someone who cared only for himself."

Sinwar was chief architect of the 7 October attacks on Israelis.

Israel announced on Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7 attack, was killed, calling it a “heavy blow” to the Palestinian group. According to the Israeli military, Sinwar was eliminated in an operation in southern Gaza on Wednesday after a year-long pursuit. Although Hamas has yet to confirm his death, […]

Israel confirms Sinwar's death through dental records following an operation in southern Gaza on Wednesday.

The prime minister also instructed his aides to inform the families of Israeli hostages about the death of the Hamas chief.

His understanding of the everyday hardships and brutal realities in Gaza was well-received by Gazans and made people feel at ease.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains unrepentant about the October 7 attacks a year ago, people in contact with him have said, despite unleashing an Israeli invasion that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, laid waste to his Gaza homeland and

"Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers," Israeli Foreign Minister Israel said in a statement. 

Israel has accused Sinwar of masterminding the October 7 attack

Sinwar was named the militant group’s leader earlier this year after its former political chief was killed.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the 7 October 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel has said.

Yahya Sinwar had been recently appointed to lead Hamas and has been said to be the mastermind of the attacks of Oct 7, 2023, which triggered an all-out war on Gaza.

Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, has been at the top of Israel's wanted list ever since.

Earlier today, the IDF said it was “checking the possibility” that Sinwar was one of three people killed in an operation in Gaza.

The Israeli military said Thursday it was looking into whether Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a military operation in Gaza.

The Prime Minister also instructed his aides to inform the families of Israeli hostages about the death of the Hamas chief