Mid East – Page 83 – Prologue Journal

Israel kills 33, including 21 women, in strike on Gaza refugee camp

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israeli forces have bombed a refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least 33 people including women and children. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/19/735521/Israel-kills-33,-including-21-women,-in-strike-on-Gaza-refugee-camp

Sinwar’s Final Moments: On the Run, Hurt, Alone, but Still Defiant

New York Times Israeli forces had been steadily closing in on Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, for weeks before he was cornered and killed in a ruined house in the Gaza Strip. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/yahya-sinwar-final-moments-gaza.html

What Will Become of Yahya Sinwar’s Body?

New York Times Uncertainty surrounds the fate of the Hamas leader’s corpse as experts say Israel will likely try to avoid having his resting place become a shrine. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/yahya-sinwar-body.html

Hamas Says Its Demands Are Unchanged as Biden Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire

New York Times A top deputy to the killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar vowed that his “banner will not fall” and that the group would hold to its cease-fire conditions. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/hamas-sinwar-ceasefire-biden.html

Sinwar’s Final Moments: On the Run, Hurt, Alone, but Still Defiant

Why Israel Targeted Yahya Sinwar

New York Times What does the killing of Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, mean for Israel and Gaza? Ronen Bergman, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine who is based in Tel Aviv, explains. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009768679/who-was-yahya-sinwar.html

Lebanon Issues Rare Criticism of Iran Over ‘Blatant Interference’

New York Times Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, summoned Tehran’s envoy over reported comments by a senior Iranian official on a U.N. resolution deemed a precondition for a cease-fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/lebanon-iran-interference.html

‘We’ll be with you until victory,’ Ansarullah leader says after Sinwar’s martyrdom

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Ansarullah’s leader affirms Yemen’s robust support for the Palestinian cause following the martyrdom of Hamas’ Political Bureau Chief Yahya Sinwar. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/18/735518/Yemen-Hamas-Houthi-Sinwar-Palestine-Israel-assassination

Drone Captures Moment of Defiance, Which Israel Says Was Sinwar’s Last

New York Times In a war often seen from far away, the footage from an Israeli drone appears to capture a moment both pivotal and personal. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/yahya-sinwar-hamas-drone-video.html

Israel Destroys Parts of Lebanese Village, Photos and Videos Show

New York Times About two dozen buildings were demolished in the village, which The Times identified as Mhaibib, just over a mile from Israel’s northern border. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-mhaibib-photo-video.html