Hamas in the Gaza Strip is now led by Mohammed Sinwar – the younger brother of the former leader of the Islamist movement, Yahya Sinwar. The latter was eliminated in 2024, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The younger brother of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is working to build the Resistance in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Mohammed Sinwar, a top commander of Hamas and younger brother of slain terror chief Yahya Sinwar, has been trying to rebuild the battered Hamas in the Gaza Strip for months

Head of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, Mohammed Sinwar, has become a new Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said, citing sources. According to the newspaper, Sinwar is the younger brother of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in October 2024.

A ceasefire agreement in Gaza has been reached between Israel and Hamas after more than 15 months of war. The United States, Egypt and Qatar have mediated the long-running efforts to halt the fighting in the ravaged Palestinian territory, often coming close to a deal before a frustrating breakdown in negotiations.

Militants in Gaza are recruiting new fighters under the leadership of Yahya Sinwar’s younger brother, Mohammed Sinwar, known as “Shadow.”

We are in a situation where the pace at which Hamas is rebuilding itself is higher than the pace that the IDF is eradicating them,” an IDF ex-general told The

Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel delayed a Cabinet vote Thursday on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory.

Israeli strikes killed at least 86 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, officials said.

A year after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following the 7 October attack into Israel the conflict has spread across the Middle East