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Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

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Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance
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Tue,08/06/24-1:10PM , 83 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group's hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran.
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Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack
By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-2:41AM , 62 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group’s ties with allies around the region. At the head of its political hierarchy, he had little military role – but Israel marked him for death after the surprise Oct. 7 attacks.
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The fence of an Israeli military position is seen damaged after Hezbollah targeted it by rockets, on an occupied hill of Kfar Chouba village, southeast Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group is introducing new tactics and weapons against Israel as the war in Gaza drags on and Israeli troops enter parts of the southern city of Rafah. In mid-May 2024, Hezbollah has used a drone equipped with missiles to attack an Israeli post as well as an explosive drone to hit its deepest target so far since the clashes began seven months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press
Fri,05/17/24-12:17AM , 59 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military.
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This undated picture released by Hezbollah Military Media, shows senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil, left, who was killed in Kherbet Selem village, south Lebanon, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, sitting next of slain Iran's Quds force General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad by a U.S. drone strike in January 2020. An Israeli airstrike killed Tawil, who is an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians.(Hezbollah Military Media, via AP)

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Slain Hezbollah commander fought in some of the group's biggest battles, had close ties to leaders
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Mon,01/08/24-12:03PM , 125 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — The elite Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike Monday in southern Lebanon fought for the group for decades and took part in some of its biggest battles.
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