The Israeli army released a newly declassified video it says shows late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his family walking through a tunnel in an unknown location hours before the October 7 attacks.
Israel kept pressing its campaign against Hezbollah with strikes in southern Lebanon on October 18 as its army called more reservists for operational activity in northern Israel, the army said in a statement. Watch to know more!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (October 17) the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar offered the chance of peace in the Middle East but warned that the war in Gaza was not over and Israel would continue until its hostages were returned. And today, as we promised to do.
The Israel-Hamas war shows no signs of ending, with Israeli forces rampaging against Hamas. After Prime Minister Netanyahu pledged to "dismantle" Hamas last year, the IDF is determined to demonstrate its capabilities.
Yahya Sinwar was among more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in 2011 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an exchange for an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid.
Yahya Sinwar, a prominent Hamas leader reputed for his ruthlessness and animosity towards Israel, was named the group's leader after Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran. He has spent most of his life in Israeli prisons and is believed to be the mastermind behind the Oct 7 attacks on Israel.
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