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44 Dead in Gaza Strikes;Top news6 Apr

44 Dead in Gaza Strikes; Many Women and Children Among Victims

Israeli attacks have killed at least 44 people in Gaza on Sunday, including many women and children, according to local healthcare authorities. At the same time, the Israeli military reports that around ten rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel within a few minutes on Sunday evening.

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The Butcher from Khan YunisTop news17 Oct

The Butcher from Khan Yunis is Dead

The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was imprisoned in an Israeli prison for 23 years and was released in a prisoner exchange in 2011. He later became Hamas' highest leader and was pointed out as Israel's enemy number one. Now he has been killed by the Israeli military.

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Israel's greatest enemy is still hidingTop news2 Aug

Israel's greatest enemy is still hiding

In a few months, Israel has knocked out large parts of Hamas' top leadership. But still, the terrorist group's perhaps most important leader is at large: Israel's enemy number one – Yahya Sinwar.

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"Just Where We Want Them"Top news12 Jun

"Just Where We Want Them"

As Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar is constantly hunted, always hidden, and no longer makes public statements. But in secret messages that have now leaked out, he sounds cynically optimistic. "We have the Israelis right where we want them," he writes to the movement's arms negotiators.

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