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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

Yahya Sinwar

Izz al-Din Haddad, commander of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, in a video released by Hamas’s military wing, May 2022.
June 12, 2025, 5:06 pm
Hamas’s new Gaza leader: A Hebrew-speaking ‘ghost’ with a $750,000 price on his head
With Israel having eliminated his predecessors the Sinwar brothers, Izz al-Din Haddad now heads terror group in Strip where he is said to carry photos of hostages in his phone
By ToI Staff
A view of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, from a video posted to social media in March 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 11, 2025, 4:00 pm
US Justice Department sues Palestinian cafe in California for refusing to serve Jews
Lawsuit alleges Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland told Jewish customers to leave on two occasions; also served ‘Sweet Sinwar’ drink to mark Oct. 7 massacre anniversary
By ToI Staff
Then-Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, center right, and slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, third left, attend a corner stone-laying ceremony at a planned medical center in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya, October 23, 2012. (Ali Ali, Pool/AP)
June 9, 2025, 1:42 am
Hamas documents reportedly show deep ties, coordination between Qatar, terror group
Papers apparently seized in Gaza show Hamas political chief told Doha its funds were the group’s ‘main artery’ and Sinwar wanted more supportive Qatar to take leading role in mediation
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of an undated video released by the Israel Defense Forces on December 17, 2023, shows Hamas commander Muhammad Sinwar, right, riding in a car traveling through a tunnel under the Gaza Strip. (Screenshot: Israel Defense Forces)
May 28, 2025, 8:48 pm
Netanyahu tells Knesset Muhammad Sinwar killed; IDF has yet to confirm
In parliament debate, PM says Hamas Gaza leader was ‘eliminated’ in recent strike that targeted him, though military and terror group have yet to officially say he died
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset on May 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2025, 8:48 pm
PM claims ‘tremendous achievements’ in Gaza war that have ‘changed face of Middle East’
In defiant speech to Knesset, Netanyahu says accomplishments wouldn’t have been made if government had listened to opposition; Lapid blames him for Oct. 7, ‘nadir’ in US relations
By Jeremy Sharon
People check a bus inside a crater in the aftermath of an Israeli strike outside the European Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2025 (Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 24, 2025, 12:44 am
Israel targeted Muhammad Sinwar in rare moment when he had no hostages around him — report
TV report says Hamas chief made mistake of meeting with top commanders without his usual protective ‘hostage belt’; when Israel was sure no captives were present, it bombed
By ToI Staff
Release hostage Yarden Bibas speaks to Channel 12, in an interview on May 20, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)
May 21, 2025, 12:09 pm
Released hostage Yarden Bibas says he encountered Yahya Sinwar in tunnel
Bibas, whose family was murdered in captivity, asked to remain with lifelong friend and fellow captive David Cunio; terror chief agreed, though they were later separated
By ToI Staff
Israeli troops work on their armored vehicles at a position by the border with the Gaza Strip on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
May 18, 2025, 5:10 pm
IDF says it has begun ‘broad’ ground operations as it expands new Gaza offensive
Over 100 Palestinians said killed; hospitals in north of Strip close amid fighting; Sunday Times says Israeli plan is to shift Gazans into 3 separate, discrete areas
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Head of Hamas in Gaza Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
May 18, 2025, 2:28 pm
Hamas document shows Oct. 7 attack aimed at derailing Saudi normalization – report
In days prior to assault, leader Sinwar said ‘extraordinary act’ needed quash Riyadh’s openness to diplomatic ties with Israel; other documents show great concern over issue
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of an undated video released by the Israel Defense Forces on December 17, 2023, shows Hamas commander Muhammad Sinwar, right, riding in a car traveling through a tunnel under the Gaza Strip. (Screenshot: Israel Defense Forces)
May 18, 2025, 1:30 pm
Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar’s body said found in Gaza tunnel hit by IDF last week
Defense minister says ‘there’s no official confirmation, but according to all the indications’ he died; report says third Sinwar brother Zakaria killed Saturday
By Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
A screenshot of an undated video released by the Israel Defense Forces on December 17, 2023, shows Hamas commander Muhammad Sinwar, right, riding in a car traveling through a tunnel under the Gaza Strip. (Screenshot: Israel Defense Forces)
May 14, 2025, 6:19 pm
Israel may have killed Muhammad Sinwar, but he was likely never in the driver’s seat
With little evidence the top commander had the same sway his brother Yahya did in Hamas’s decision making, it’s doubtful his death will have much impact on hostage-ceasefire talks
By Nurit Yohanan
Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (center-left) and Yahya Sinwar (center-right) in Gaza City, June 26, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 4:20 pm
Hamas chiefs’ correspondence shows how Israel misjudged results of May 2021 clash
Report reveals Haniyeh’s praise of ‘glorious victory,’ while Sinwar wrote he was close to destroying Israel; senior Hamas officials said tunnel network ‘not damaged at all’
By Michael Horovitz
White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 18, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/ Getty Images/ AFP)
April 10, 2025, 2:56 am
‘Don’t start a war with Israel’: Top Biden aide’s lesson from Oct. 7 and its aftermath
Brief reply by Brett McGurk, who helped craft January hostage deal, indicates his rejection of efforts to scrutinize Israel’s Gaza offensive more than the Hamas attack that provoked it
By Jacob Magid
Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a meeting in Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
March 30, 2025, 12:15 am
Report: A June 2023 Defense Ministry document proposed near-sovereignty for Hamas in Gaza
Written by head of COGAT, top-secret paper recommended an Egyptian proposal for long-term truce; IDF chief advised advancing it; Israeli team was in Cairo days before Oct. 7 attack
By ToI Staff
Mahmoud Abu Watfa, the head of Hamas-led Ministry of Interior, accompanied by Hamas policemen, in Gaza in March 2025. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 23, 2025, 4:48 pm
Israel’s strikes on Hamas leaders in recent days haven’t hit key military commanders
Officials killed since war resumed were not leading fighting forces against IDF, but securing terror group’s grip over Gaza’s populace. The likes of Mohammed Sinwar are underground
By Nurit Yohanan
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