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TopicYahya Sinwar

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Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar eliminated by Israeli forces, claims PM Netanyahu

Mohammad Sinwar had been the target of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month and Netanyahu said on May 21 that it was likely he had been killed.

US secy of state Blinken to make another push to defuse conflicts in Middle East

Iran and its allies have said Hamas chief Sinwar's death in a gunbattle with Israeli soldiers in Gaza will not weaken their resolve.

‘Hamas leader’s death will not halt Axis of Resistance,’ says Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei

Yahya Sinwar, the architect of Hamas’s 7 October, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, was killed Wednesday in a gunfight with Israeli forces.

A chance encounter: Here’s how Israel killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Israel Defense Forces announced that Sinwar was ‘one of three terrorists’ eliminated in Rafah in southern Gaza. His identity was confirmed through dental records and DNA test.

Hamas’s brutal enforcer, hardened by 2 decades in Israeli prisons. Who was Yahya Sinwar

Born in Gaza refugee camp, Sinwar rose through ranks of Palestinian movement starting in his student years. He became Hamas's leader in Gaza in 2017, and orchestrated 7 October attack.

Hamas leader Sinwar threw stick at drone as he lay dying, according to Israel video

The military footage from a mini drone showed Sinwar, badly wounded in the hand, his face covered in a scarf. He attempts to throw a stick at the drone, in a futile effort to knock it down.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?