Yahya Sinwar

An impossible dilemma: Will Israel take a partial deal or fight Hamas to the end? - analysis

With Hamas recently accepting an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire-hostage deal, the ball is back in Israel's court. How will Netanyahu choose to proceed?

An Israeli soldier stands inside a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2025.
UKL welcoming the birth of baby Yahya Sinwar, August 3, 2025.

German parents name baby after former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, likely to be rejected by court

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson delivers a keynote speech at the annual Ketagalan forum in Taipei, Taiwan August 5, 2025.

Taiwan has better claim to statehood than Palestine, ex-UK PM Johnson says - report

 A baby being cleaned up and assessed by the paediatrician after he was born.

Name 'Yahya' jumps 33 ranks to become 93rd most popular boy name in UK


Veteran Arab affairs commentator Ehud Yaari reveals he had indirect contact with Yahya Sinwar

“Sinwar saw himself as a rabbi-like figure," according to Yaari. "Someone deeply knowledgeable about Israeli affairs."

 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on at an anti-Israel rally, in Gaza City, in 2022.

Gazan sources claim Yahya Sinwar's wife escaped to Turkey, remarried after husband's death - report

Her escape from the strip was done as an operation to smuggle all of the families of several key Hamas leaders during the first months of the war.

 A pro-Palestinian protester holds up a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar outside of a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in New York City, U.S., August 14, 2024.

Hamas leaders' October 7 letter reveals attack strategy and plea to Hezbollah

This document by top Hamas leaders offers insight into the mood before the attack, the relationship between Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, and Hamas's strategy for destroying Israel.

 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on at an anti-Israel rally, in Gaza City, in 2022.

WATCH: IDF destroys Hamas terror tunnel where Mohammed Sinwar's body was found

The IDF said this area was where the body of assassinated Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Sinwar was found earlier in June, along with at least 10 other terrorists.

 IDF soldiers work to seal a Hamas terror tunnel under Khan Yunis's European Hospital, June 2025.

A fire that would burn Israel down: How Sinwar ruined Iran's dominance in Middle East - analysis

Through its proxies, Iran once dominated the Middle East. After October 7 and the current war with Iran, the Islamic Republic's position in the Middle East might shift.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with defense industry experts in Tehran, Iran, February 12, 2025

Hamas won't collapse, even with the death of both Sinwars - analysis

The Sinwars helped build Hamas into the genocidal powerhouse it was on October 7. However, their deaths have appeared to come and go without much of a change in the organization’s behavior.

 The Sinwars appear before a background of Hamas terrorists (illustrative)

Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar officially killed in Khan Yunis strike, IDF confirms

In addition to Sinwar, the airstrike killed the commanders of Hamas's Rafah Brigade and South Khan Yunis Brigade.

 A profile of former Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar who was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza.

Hamas in weakest position yet, but still holds strategic leverage with tunnels

Hamas's political leadership has suffered blows, but its underground tunnel network remains a significant threat.

 Hamas terrorists against backdrop of Gaza tunnels. (illustration)

IDF discovered Mohammed Sinwar's secret meeting after Edan Alexander's release

Sinwar is believed to have been a hardline figure in Hamas who refused any compromise in negotiations with Israel that didn't include an end to the war.

Mohammed Sinwar against backdrop of strike on the European Hospital which allegedly killed him, May 13, 2025 (illustration).

If Mohammed Sinwar is gone, why not replace Hamas in Gaza? - analysis

Never in the past 40 years has Hamas had so many leaders and commanders killed - if the goal is to replace Hamas, now would be the time.

 Palestinian Hamas militants stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Hamas invasion intended to thwart Israeli peace with Saudi Arabia, docs reveal - WSJ

Yahya Sinwar was quoted in secret Hamas meeting notes that ISraeli-Saudi normalization would "open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.”

 (L-R) Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, and Ali Khamenei over a backdrop of a secret document between Iran and Hamas.