Sinwar is Hamas’s most senior leader and is believed to be the mastermind behind the U.S.-designated terrorist group’s devastating Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. Hamas militants killed roughly 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped about 250 others.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli military said Thursday. After his death, Sinwar’s body was brought to Israel and identified using DNA testing and the comparison of dental records,

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's military said Thursday it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. In short statement, Israel's Defense Forces said that during operations in the Gaza Strip it had killed three Hamas militants and it was investigating whether one of them was Sinwar.

Interrogation transcripts and accounts from Israeli security officials and fellow prisoners point to an uncompromising strategist with a penchant for killing.

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,

Israel's prime minister says Sinwar's death does not mean the end of the war in Gaza Read more