Yahya Sinwar

Egypt not Arab country using diplomacy to lower Israel's guard, Netanyahu adviser says

A brief post by Urich sparked a new controversy in Israel's diplomatic and security establishment and renewed concerns over a possible strategic deception operation against the country.

President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025; illustrative.
United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni and Yitzhak Goldknopf attend a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Haredi leaders, Yahya Sinwar: Different ideologies, the same refusal to face reality - opinion

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

A second failure? Israel's delay of an October 7 investigation is unacceptable - editorial

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a metal foundry in Gaza City, July 12, 2026.

Hamas's Yahya Sinwar welcomed apocalyptic nuclear war if it meant destroying Israel - analysis


MSNBC kicks Joy Reid, other Israel critics from network

Joy Reid has apologized for a number of posts she made in the past - retracting a claim that Israel was behind 9/11.

 Joy Reid.

Netanyahu rejected proposal to eliminate Sinwar a week before Oct. 7 - report

The discussion on 103FM shared newly revealed details that could shed light on Israel’s failure to prevent the October 7 attack.

 Yahya Sinwar, former leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement at a meeting with members of Palestinian factions at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022

'My boyfriend is an ISIS fighter': Police arrest bookstore owner for selling pro-terror materials

Authorities were alerted over the weekend after police officers from the David precinct questioned a woman who was seen carrying books that contained inciteful content.

One of the books found at the bookstore, "The path of the thorns - Hamas, the intifada, the authority" by Imad Al-Falouji

Trump, on Eretz Nehederet, promises to make Gaza great again

“There is no place for the penthouse.” Finally, he said he would send the Palestinians to Mars. “It will be Ha-Mars,” he said.

 Omer Etzion as US President Donald Trump on Eretz Nehederet.

New video shows Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar wandering Gaza in disguise – analysis

New footage shows Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar wandering Gaza disguised as an elderly civilian, raising questions about his mindset in his last few days.

 Yahaya Sinwar speaks to camera in Gaza.

Documentary on terrorist Yahya Sinwar’s 'legacy' to be released, Khamenei's media team announces

Sinwar was killed by the IDF in October 2024.

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

Year in review: The Jerusalem Post's top 10 news stories of 2024

The year 2024 has been an eventful one, and now it is wrapping up. With the benefit of hindsight, The Jerusalem Post looks back at the biggest news stories and events around the world of 2024.

 The Jerusalem Post's top 10 news stories of 2024 (From L clockwise): The Hezbollah pager explosions, the downfall of the Assad regime in Syria, Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt, projectiles fired by Iran are seen in the air above Jerusalem.

Impossible to reach a deal without Hamas delivering list of living hostages, Israeli official says

Officials suspect that Mohammed Sinwar is refusing to hand over the list, stifling a breakthrough in negotiations.

 A rally calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza, at the Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2024

'Outrageous': Walmart slammed for Sinwar shirts in online store

The Sinwar shirts have since appeared to have been removed; however, tops featuring former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah still seem to be available for online purchase. 

 Shirts featuring former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar.

A military evaluation of Netanyahu’s WSJ framing of the war - analysis

"The Post" analyzes claims made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a comprehensive interview with "The Wall Street Journal."

 (Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon.