Yahya Sinwar

Netanyahu’s prediction fulfilled as Israel reshapes Middle East - analysis

“Israel's response to the unprecedented multi-pronged attack by Palestinian gunmen from the Gaza Strip will ‘change the Middle East,’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

|ByHERB KEINON
The joint US-Israel military strikes on Iran mark more than a tactical military operation. They represent a fundamental realignment – President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have closed a strategic gap that successive American administrations never fully bridged.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a Special Session in his Honor of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

From Tehran to Tel Aviv, war shifts Israel's 2026 election landscape - opinion

Will the war with Iran reshape Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategy for Israel's 2026 elections?

|ByORI WERTMAN
A view shows destroyed tanks near the village of Heorhiivka (Georgiyevka), in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, July 16, 2025.

Butterfly effect: How Russia's Ukraine war enabled Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre - opinion

The path from Kyiv to Gaza is not a straight line, but a series of butterfly wings that destabilized a fragile global system until it reached its breaking point.

|ByLIRON ROSE
An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

Expert: Lessons, trauma from October 7 informing new West Bank land registration policy - interview

Israeli leaders are choosing to prioritize physical security, even if it means “taking the risk of being a pariah nation,” foreign policy expert Harley Lippman said.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Why Israel ignores international advice and focuses on its survival – opinion

Despite well-meaning Western advice, Israel remains focused on battling Iranain-backed threats to preserve the Jewish state.

OCTOBER 21, 2024ByNEVILLE TELLER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month.

How AI images are driving hero-worship of killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar - analysis

The adoration for Sinwar is relatively new in these circles. Many of those who have come to adore Sinwar have done so within the last year since the October 7 massacre.

OCTOBER 20, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinians supporters of Hamas attend an anti-Israel rally in the presence of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on May 25, 2021

IDF claims Hamas exaggerated number of casualties in Gaza, not a 'massacre'

Hamas-run information channels attempted to push the narrative that a 'massacre' was being carried out in Northern Gaza.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByMAARIV
Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 19, 2024.

IDF announces death of Col. Ehsan Daxa, Israel's military operates in Lebanon

Drone slams into Caesarea • IDF names two fallen soldiers killed in Gaza Strip • Additional IDF soldier succumbs to wounds

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops approach house where Yahya Sinwar was killed in southern Gaza, October 20, 2024.

Israel’s bold strikes: When luck meets military precision – editorial

Is Israel's success in eliminating its foes audacious, accurate, or both?

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Hamas official Yahya Sinwar joins list of eliminated terrorists (illustrative)

Yahya Sinwar's wife held $32,000 Birkin bag in October 6 escape footage

Social media buzzes over alleged Birkin bag in IDF's footage of Hamas leader fleeing to tunnel.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The wife of Yahya Sinwar carring a Birkin bag

Nasrallah made assumptions about Israel - and it cost him his life - analysis

More than anything, Nasrallah’s final, fatal misstep reveals a fascinating strategic deception that had been in the works for months.

OCTOBER 19, 2024ByAMIR BOHBOT
SUPPORTERS OF Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah carry pictures of him as they gather in Sidon, following his killing in an Israeli airstrike, last month, labeled by ‘The New York Times’ as an ‘escalation.’

Biden: Gaza ceasefire ‘harder’ to achieve as Blinken heads to region to discuss aftermath

Biden previously stated that now is the time to 'move on" towards a ceasefire.

OCTOBER 19, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Joe Biden speaks to employees of the U.S. embassy at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, on the day he departs from Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2024.

'Hamas is alive and will remain alive,' Iran's supreme leader tweets in Hebrew

This is not the first time that Khamenei tweeted in Hebrew, which he does from time to time.

OCTOBER 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with President Masoud Pezeshkian and his cabinet in Tehran, last month.

Yahya Sinwar fled with family in Gaza tunnel one day before October 7 - IDF

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in Tel Sultan in Rafah on Wednesday in an unplanned operation.

OCTOBER 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Footage recovered by the IDF and Shin Bet showing former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar fleeing through tunnels with his family on October 6, 2023, on the eve of the October 7 Massacre, October 19, 2024.