Muhammad Sinwar was the younger brother of the former Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the IDF in southern Gaza last October. According to a separate report, ...

The network said Muhammad Sinwar was almost always surrounded by hostages throughout the war, as Hamas leaders realized this was a strong deterrent against Israeli assassination attempts.

Muhammad Sinwar is said to have held the soldier captive himself for some time. The soldier was exchanged in 2011 for more than 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

Though Muhammad Sinwar was considered Hamas’s de facto chief, officially the group is run by a five-member leadership council. All members are senior figures from the political wing with no ...

In addition to the Sinwar brothers, Muhammad Deif, the commander of Hamas’s military wing, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in July; and Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s political chief, ...

Muhammad Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, has been targeted in fresh Israeli missile strikes on Gaza on Tuesday, the IDF has announced. At least six people were killed and 40 wounded, according to the ...

Sinwar is the brother of the previous Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in October 2024. Following Yahya Sinwar's death, Mohammed Sinwar took over as the head of ...

Muhammad Sinwar had risen to prominence following the killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, his older brother, by the IDF in October 2024. Israel and the United States charged that Yahya Sinwar was the ...

We eliminated the arch-murderers — Deif, Yahya Sinwar and apparently Muhammad Sinwar as well,” Netanyahu said May 21 in a translated statement provided by his office.

Muhammad Sinwar, one of the remaining top leaders of Hamas in Gaza, was reportedly targeted by Israel in a massive airstrike at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.

The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, operates a specialized unit dedicated to tracking down Yahya and Muhammad Sinwar, key leaders of Hamas’s military wing in the Gaza Strip. The ...

Israel targeted Muhammad Sinwar in rare moment when he had no hostages around him — report TV report says Hamas chief made mistake of meeting with top commanders without his usual protective ...