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A poster in the Iranian capital Tehran of Hamas political chief Yahya Sinwar on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israel says Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza

US President Joe Biden said Sinwar’s death marked “a good day” for Israel, America, and the world

  • Jay Deshmukh
  • David Stout
5 min read
hile in prison, Yahya Sinwar wrote The Thorn and the Carnation. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The Thorn and the Carnation: A novel by a Palestinian leader during his incarceration in Israeli prisons

Yahya Sinwar writes that ‘despite tireless attempts to erase their Arab identity, Islamic faith and Palestinian heritage, they remain more steadfast than anyone could have…

  • Sõzarn Barday
8 min read
Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Israel, Hamas reject bid before ICC to arrest leaders for war crimes

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he had applied for arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders over the conflict

  • Afp
5 min read