Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar was a Palestinian politician and militant. He served as the fourth chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August 2024, and as the second leader of Hamas in the Gaza St
Sinwar in 2012
Sinwar with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, February 2012
Sinwar, wounded, staring at an Israeli drone, with his face covered in a keffiyeh, shortly before he was killed
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi
Yahya Sinwar
…assassination attempt by Israel that same year. He was widely regarded as the mastermind behind the October 7 attacks in 2023, which was followed by the Gaza war that spilled over to other parts of the Middle East. He was killed in a clash with the Israel Defense Forces in October 2024. In September 2015 Sinwar…
13-year old Israeli hostage released by Hamas during the first ceasefire, 26 November 2023
Israeli soldiers in a Namer APC before invasion of the Gaza Strip
An aerial photo of displaced Palestinians waiting in northern Nuseirat to return to their homes in Gaza
An aerial view showing destruction in Rafah after Israeli forces withdrawal and as the ceasefire took hold, Gaza Strip