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Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Sinwar is the leader of Hamas in Gaza, a position he has held since 2017. 

He is among the most senior officials in Hamas alongside Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas's political leadership, who is based in Doha, Qatar.

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 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. April 18, 2024.

Sinwar wants Israel to surrender: Avi Issacharoff on Israel-Hamas conflict

By 103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE
 Yahya Sinwar

IDF missed Sinwar by mere days, national security adviser claims

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Israel gives Hamas one week to accept hostage deal before Rafah op. will begin - WSJ

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the Egyptian military units in Suez, as he told the media in his speech that Cairo is playing a very positive role in de-escalating the Gaza crisis, Egypt, October 25, 2023 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency.

'Egyptians don't see Israeli determination to defeat Hamas,' Mid. East expert says

By Peled Arbeli
 Yahya Sinwar

Hamas chief Sinwar exited tunnels, met with terrorists aboveground

 A FAMILY participates in their Passover Seder in 2023.

How the Israel-Hamas War shadow looms over the Passover Seder

 A woman stands next to posters with photos of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 20, 2024.

US official estimates: Most of the Gaza hostages are not alive

 IDF fighters in Gaza

IDF Lt.-Col.: These are the big gains Hamas, Israel can make in hostage deal talks

By 103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE
 Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

Ex-Shin Bet official: Hamas not under enough pressure for hostage deal

By 103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE
 Yahya Sinwar Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to Palestinians during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, April 14, 2023.

'Incitement of violence!': Sinwar’s book glorifying October 7 attacks appears on Amazon

 Israeli troops operate in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout image released November 19, 2023.

IDF to look at the past: How the October 7 probe will be handled

YAHYA SINWAR, leader of Hamas in Gaza, gestures on stage during a rally in Gaza City on May 24

Yahya Sinwar's story: From deterred Hamas leader to gambling mass murderer

 Protestors demonstrating for the return of the hostages in Jerusalem, April 3, 2024.

Protest leader: 'Netanyahu built Hamas, Sinwar doesn't want elections'

 HAMAS’S GAZA chief, Yahya Sinwar, sits in his office in Gaza City, in 2022. While the majority of experts believe that Sinwar is an irrational psychopath, others consider him to be a psychopath who ultimately makes rational decisions, says the writer.

Is Yahya Sinwar making rational decisions? AI software says yes

By ALEX MINTZ
 Relatives of hostages and supporters take part in a protest calling for their release in Tel Aviv

Israeli delegation leaves Doha, blames Sinwar for hostage deal 'dead end'

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. November 22, 2023

Netanyahu's regime is Sinwar's dream: Israel gets closer to the abyss every day

By MEMI PEER
 An areal view of the beaches and city skyline in Tel Aviv, on February 19, 2018.

‘The goal was a massacre of Tel Aviv’: Hamas's full plan for October 7 revealed

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits border guards from the Military Police Corps on March 24, 2024

Netanyahu vows Israel will kill Yahya Sinwar, 'just like Haman'