The Latest Breaking News from Yahya Sinwar

UN secretary general says situation ‘fast deteriorating into catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications’

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.

As pressure grows on Israel to avoid civilian deaths, IDF believes killing leaders will collapse organisation

After Hamas gunmen stormed into 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz's house and shot her husband in the hand, they threw her on a motorbike and dragged her off to a tunnel network beneath Gaza, her grandson Daniel says.

During the seven-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas, seven exchanges were made of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. But on November 30, the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the eighth exchange and there has since been a resumption of the fighting…

As fighting resumes, we look at the capabilities of the Palestinian militant group and who controls it

Peace activist Yocheved Lifshitz describes meeting Yahya Sinwar in Gaza tunnel network where she was held captive

The militant group may be playing the long game, hoping to weaken Israel while building antipathy against it

The news from home and abroad seems beset with what policy wonks call wicked problems. These are problems “difficult or impossible to solve,” says the dictionary definition, “because of incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.”

Breaking the cycle of unresolved conflicts will entail great risks, but it’s our only hope

Weeks of precarious talks finally led to Friday’s releases of captives. Here’s the inside story