It was around 5:30 in the morning on Thursday in Washington, DC, when senior US officials first got word — and photographs — from their Israeli counterparts: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might be dead. For more than a year since Hamas attacked Israel last October 7,

The world is a safer place following the death of senior Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the region’s most dangerous terrorists whose long history of orchestrating violence has led to the deaths of thousands of Israelis, Americans, Palestinians and citizens from more than 30 other countries.

CAIRO, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace Yahya Sinwar with a new political leader based outside Gaza while his brother - Mohammad Sinwar - is expected to assume a bigger role directing the war against Israel in the territory, experts say.