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Faced with the growing spectre of all-out war between Israel and Iran, the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf have intensified diplomatic efforts to safeguard their interests and ensure they do not become collateral casualties. With peace talks over Gaza abandoned and the United States pushing for Hezbollah’s political exile amid Israel’s continued invasion of […]
Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader Yahya Sinwar. The killing of Sinwar, the mastermind of the deadliest attack in Israeli history, had raised hopes of a turning point in […]
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. Obsessive, disciplined and dictatorial, he was a rarely seen veteran militant who learned Hebrew over years spent in Israeli […]