Gaza Leader Yahya Sinwar

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Monday the Palestinian group was prepared for prolonged fighting against Israel, in a message to Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels nearly a year into the Gaza war.

Hamas named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader on Tuesday, a week after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh's killing in Tehran which has sent regional tensions soaring.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage on Tuesday, claiming to have identified Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar walking through a Gaza tunnel with his family members.

Tanks churn through the mud between bombed-out buildings in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, now the epicentre of the war, as explosions and gunfire reverberate in the distance.

Last year, Yahya Sinwar told a rally in Gaza that Hamas would deploy fighters and rockets in a fierce strike on Israel, the nation that imprisoned him for 23 years before he was freed and rose to a leadership role in the group.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wants to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Golda Meir and authorise an 'Operation Wrath of God'-like mission - kill Israel's enemies across countries, spanning continents.

An 85-year-old Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas on and set free two weeks later said she met its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar while in captivity and asked him how he was not ashamed for having acted violently against peace activists like herself.

Five years ago, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, scrawled a note on a document that he knew Egyptian intermediaries would hand to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said Saturday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for an "immediate" prisoner swap with Israel.

Ismail Haniyeh, at the top of the leadership, is a Palestinian politician and a prominent leader of Hamas.

The key leaders of the Palestinian organization, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared to the ISIS group.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Monday the Palestinian group was prepared for prolonged fighting against Israel, in a message to Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels nearly a year into the Gaza war.

Hamas named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader on Tuesday, a week after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh's killing in Tehran which has sent regional tensions soaring.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage on Tuesday, claiming to have identified Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar walking through a Gaza tunnel with his family members.

Tanks churn through the mud between bombed-out buildings in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, now the epicentre of the war, as explosions and gunfire reverberate in the distance.

Last year, Yahya Sinwar told a rally in Gaza that Hamas would deploy fighters and rockets in a fierce strike on Israel, the nation that imprisoned him for 23 years before he was freed and rose to a leadership role in the group.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wants to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Golda Meir and authorise an 'Operation Wrath of God'-like mission - kill Israel's enemies across countries, spanning continents.

An 85-year-old Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas on and set free two weeks later said she met its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar while in captivity and asked him how he was not ashamed for having acted violently against peace activists like herself.

Five years ago, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, scrawled a note on a document that he knew Egyptian intermediaries would hand to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said Saturday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for an "immediate" prisoner swap with Israel.

Ismail Haniyeh, at the top of the leadership, is a Palestinian politician and a prominent leader of Hamas.

The key leaders of the Palestinian organization, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared to the ISIS group.