Removal Of Finger To Make Sure Its Him: Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Is Dead
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday.
Sinwar has been credited as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, the worst terrorist attack in Israel's history.
"The master murderer Yahya Sinwar, who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed" by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Katz said in a statement. "This is a great military and moral achievement for Israel and a victory for the entire free world against the evil axis of extreme Islam led by Iran."Sinwar, 62, had served as Hamas' leader in Gaza since 2017 and assumed leadership of the group's political bureau after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran this July.
Israeli authorities said they had been pursuing Sinwar for a year and that he had been hiding "behind the civilian population of Gaza, both above and below ground in Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip." The IDF and Israel Security Agency said their operations in recent weeks in southern Gaza restricted his movement and "led to his elimination" on Wednesday.The killing of Sinwar happened by chance, according to an official with knowledge of the operation.
A unit of reserve combat soldiers in Rafah attempting to blow up a missile that failed to explode fired upon a group of four armed men, according to the official. They also fired upon a fifth person who was throwing grenades out the window of a nearby building at the soldiers, according to the official. The soldiers directed tank fire and a missile at the building, though the man was still alive, the official said. A sniper in the unit then fired upon him, the official said.
The IDF on Thursday released drone footage they said shows Sinwar in the building, wounded in the shooting. Source
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