Obituary
Yahya Sinwar, Mastermind of Hamas Assault on Israel, Dies
- Brutal 2023 attack reshaped regional and global geopolitics
- He spent 22 years in Israeli prison learning Hebrew, plotting
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Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who orchestrated the Palestinian group’s brutal attack on Israel that triggered war in the Gaza Strip, has been killed, according to Israel’s military.
He was one of three “terrorists” killed on Wednesday in an Israel Defense Forces operation in the south of Gaza, the military said. Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, had earlier said that the killing occurred today.