Will Hamas under Yahya Sinwar be different? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Will Hamas under Yahya Sinwar be different? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Yahya Sinwar named political leader of Hamas after assassination of Ismail Haniyeh. Hamas has a new political leader. Yahya Sinwar, described by some as a hardline strategist, spent more than two decades in Israeli prisons and now holds unprecedented power within the movement. His appointment comes a week after the…

OIC says Israel ‘fully responsible’ for Hamas chief Haniyeh’s killing | Israel-Palestine conflict News

OIC says Israel ‘fully responsible’ for Hamas chief Haniyeh’s killing | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Statement by 57-nation bloc says it ‘holds Israel, the illegal occupying power, fully responsible for the heinous attack’. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has blamed Israel for the attack that killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh last week in Iran, which has vowed to retaliate. A statement issued after…

Who is Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh’s successor as Hamas chief? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Who is Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh’s successor as Hamas chief? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Sinwar will now lead the resistance movement from an unknown location in Gaza, amid fears of a wider escalation across the region. Hamas has appointed its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as the political chief at-large to succeed Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in a suspected Israeli attack in Tehran last…

Palestinians killed in West Bank as world leaders try to avoid regional war
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Palestinians killed in West Bank as world leaders try to avoid regional war

Five Palestinians were killed, including four teenagers, and another seven were wounded by Israeli fire during military raids in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as world leaders try to stop tensions in the Middle East from boiling over into a regional war. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah…

Haniyeh killed by ‘short-range projectile’ fired from outside home: IRGC | Gaza News

Haniyeh killed by ‘short-range projectile’ fired from outside home: IRGC | Gaza News

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says Israel will receive ‘harsh punishment in due time and place’ for assassination of Hamas chief. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed earlier this week by a “short-range projectile” launched from outside his residence in Tehran, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said….

Funeral for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh held in Qatar | Israel-Palestine conflict

Funeral for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh held in Qatar | Israel-Palestine conflict

NewsFeed The funeral for assassinated Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh took place in the Qatari capital, Doha. His body was returned from Tehran where he was killed in what Hamas says was an Israeli attack. Published On 2 Aug 20242 Aug 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us…

Israel’s assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders will backfire | Hamas

Israel’s assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders will backfire | Hamas

In recent weeks, Israel has been on an assassination spree, killing several high-profile Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in quick succession. Yet there is reason to believe these killings, widely celebrated as a show of power now, will serve to embolden these groups and prove harmful to Israel’s security and the…

Iran’s Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief Haniyeh | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Iran’s Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief Haniyeh | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Haniyeh’s body is being carried through Tehran towards Azadi Square before being flown to Qatar for burial. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers at a memorial event for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. In the capital’s city centre, thousands of mourners with posters of Haniyeh…

UN Security Council members fear all-out war after Haniyeh killing in Iran | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN Security Council members fear all-out war after Haniyeh killing in Iran | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned the assassination of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to prevent an all-out war in the Middle East. The UNSC’s emergency meeting on Wednesday came as Iran and Hamas – the Palestinian group…