Yahya Sinwar's household was among the few thousand Palestinian Arabs that were forced to leave during the conflicts that preceded Israel's establishment, thus he carried strong feelings against Israel and joined Hamas as soon as it was founded in 1987.
A US Park Police commander confirmed that two of the three American flags taken down by protesters were set on fire. The demonstration further resulted in road closures in the Capitol and Union Square locations. Protesters also burned an effigy of Netanyahu and demanded an end to US military funding to Israel during its ongoing crisis in Gaza.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the US does not seek conflict with Iran but will not hesitate to act to protect their forces and support Israel's defence.
Freelance photojournalist, Ali Mahmud, who accompanied the Hamas terrorists during the 7 October attack in Israel, has won the Team Picture Story of the Year awarded by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute in the US
On the 7th of October 2023, Israel woke up to her worst nightmare. As the sirens blared and citizens of Israel looked for shelter, a couple of thousand Islamic terrorists from Hamas attacked the bewildered civilians from air, sea, and land.
"Those who understand Krishna and Geeta and Upanishads need to gear up and show this minority in the world that Islamists are not acceptable," Mosab Hassan Yousef said.