The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops Friday, a day after Israel said its forces in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of last year’s brutal attack on Israel that sparked the current war. Sinwar’s killing in […]

Yahya Sinwar death: Hezbollah vows to fight Israel, Israeli hostages will not return until Gaza ‘aggression’ stops, says Hamas.

Khalil al-Hayya reiterated the Palestinian militant group’s stance that it will not release Israeli hostages until there is a ceasefire.

A top Hamas political official confirms the death of the group's leader, Yahya Sinwar, and said the militant group would not release more hostages until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.

Netanyahu says war is not over, but it’s ‘the beginning of the end’

JERUSALEM: Israel conducted raids on Gaza on Friday (Oct 18), pressing its year-long war to crush Hamas after dealing it a massive blow with the killing of its leader, Yahya Sinwar.

Military says it is pressing its operation in Jabalia

The militant group hailed Sinwar as a martyr and a symbol of resistance, emphasizing that his death would not weaken the Palestinian struggle but instead strengthen it.

Netanyahu says war is not over, but it’s ‘the beginning of the end’

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region reckons with the killing of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza.Hamas acknowledged Sinwar’s death and described him as a martyr. Sinwar was a chief architect of the attack on southern Israel that precipitated the latest escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Many, from the governments of Israeli allies to exhausted residents of Gaza, expressed hope that Sinwar’s death would pave the way for an end to the war, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech announcing Sinwar’s death that “Our war is not yet ended.” On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants blew holes in Israel’s security fence and stormed in, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250. Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish combatants from civilians. The…