Who Was Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar? – Analysis

By Kian Sharifi

(RFE/RL) -- Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, is dead, according to Israel.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on October 17 that *Sinwar was killed* during a military operation in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has not yet commented. 

The...