FILE - Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, center, chant slogans as he surrounded by protesters during his visit to the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, on April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

FILE - Yehiyeh Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, attends a rally marking "Jerusalem Day," or Al-Quds Day, an annual celebration to support Palestinians in the holy city, at a soccer filed in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

FILE - Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar takes part in a meeting with Egypt's general intelligence chief, Khaled Fawzy and others in Gaza City, on Oct. 3, 2017.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File)

This still image from video provided by the Israel Defense Force (IDF) shows a heavily damaged building with a person the Israeli military identified as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar seated in a chair in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Israel Defense Force via AP)

FILE - Yehiyeh Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, attends a rally marking "Jerusalem Day," or Al-Quds Day, an annual celebration to support Palestinians in the holy city, at a soccer filed in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)