NEW YORK — Anti-Israel activists in New York City on Thursday set up a display with images of several terror chiefs to mark the first anniversary of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death.

Israeli forces killed Sinwar, the architect of the October 2023 invasion of Israel, in Gaza on October 16, 2024.

A far-left, anti-Israel activist group called the Bronx Anti-War Coalition organized the vigil for Sinwar, held in the South Bronx neighborhood.

The group’s exhibit showed photos of Sinwar, other Hamas leaders, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian leaders, according to images shared by the activist group. Hamas and Hezbollah are US-designated terrorist groups.

The images were arrayed around flowers and candles, a banner that said, “Glory to the axis of resistance,” Hamas flags, and a Quran.

“The same way that Palestinians are violently removed from their homes and are murdered, is the same way that residents here in the Bronx are displaced when landlords raise the rent,” a speaker said at the event.

An announcement for the event was shared by other anti-Israel activist groups in the city, including the anti-Israel campus coalition at Columbia University.

“His embrace of death was not nihilistic but rooted........

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