Before Israel killed him, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar hid with six Israeli hostages, one of them a U.S. citizen.

The families of hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza say time is of the essence to rescue their loved ones following the ...

Now Sinwar is dead, killed Wednesday in a firefight with Israeli troops who unexpectedly encountered him in southern Gaza.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel had “settled its account” with Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar as he ...

The stands taken by the two sides signal, at least publicly, that they have not moved any closer to ending their conflict.

Sinwar’s killing offers a potential window to shift the dynamic in the Gaza war even as Israel presses its offensive to root ...

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is vowing to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops, a day ...

Hezbollah has warned that it sees the conflict with Israel moving to a “new and escalating phase” following Israel's killing ...

Yahya Sinwar is widely considered to have been the masterminded behind Hamas’ cross-border assault on Israel a year ago.

The Times reviewed the minutes of 10 meetings among Hamas’s top leaders. The records show the militant group avoided several ...