Yahya Sinwar

To many Palestinians and their supporters, Yahya Sinwar is an embodiment of Palestinians’ lengthy struggle against the Israeli occupation in all its aspects and stages.

Israeli officials had alleged that Sinwar was the “mastermind” of the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation and had vowed to eliminate the leader, labeling him a “dead man walking”.

Choosing Yahya Sinwar as Hamas’s leader is seen as a significant escalation towards a potential regional war, amidst the one-week wait for Iran’s and Hezbollah’s promised retaliatory attacks on Israel