Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted…

A unit from the Israeli military encountered Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, while on an operation in southern Gaza, Israeli defense officials said.

Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader.

The Israeli military confirms that Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Israel has confirmed it has killed top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar after IDF and ISA said that "three terrorists were eliminated" as they carried out operations in Gaza

Israel has accused Sinwar of masterminding the October 7 attack