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Hamas mastermind of October 7 attacks is dead
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Israeli officials say they killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a military operation in Gaza. Fearing their lives could be in further danger, families of the hostages still being held in Gaza call on Israel and the U.S. to do everything possible to secure their release.
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Hamas chief and Oct. 7 architect Yahya Sinwar was killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza after more than a year of eluding Israeli forces, officials said.
The Israeli military says it has killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar during a battle in Gaza. Troops appeared to have run across him in a battle on Wednesday, only
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead, Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz confirmed following a strike in Rafah that was not originally intended to take out the Oct. 7 mastermind.
Israel announced on Thursday the killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7 attack, calling his death a "heavy blow" to the Palestinian group it has been fighting for more than a year.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO >> Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel said today.
Yahya Sinwar, the elusive Hamas leader widely credited with masterminding the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, was confirmed dead Thursday, ending a yearlong manhunt for the militant chief.
Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas terror chief and Oct. 7 mastermind dubbed "The Face of Evil," was long considered one of the terror group's most influential leaders before he was assassinated by Israeli forces.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remained unrepentant about the Oct. 7 attacks despite unleashing an Israeli invasion that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, laid waste to his Gaza homeland and rained destruction on ally Hezbollah, people in contact with him have said.
The Israel Defense Forces capped months of precise operations neutralizing key terrorist leaders in Gaza and Lebanon with the accidental death of their most desired target.
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after Hamas’ devastating October 7 attacks on Israel, the country’s military said Thursday it had killed the man it considers to have been the chief architect of that cross-border massacre – raising questions about the future of the war and of the mi…
Israeli officials say they killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a military operation in Gaza. Fearing their lives could be in further danger, families of the hostages still being held in Gaza call on Israel and the U.S. to do everything possible to secure their release.
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