YAHYA SINWAR (REUTERS)
TEL AVIV: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday claimed that Hamas key leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed by the Israeli military in an operation, Reuters reported.
“Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by IDF (Israeli military) soldiers,” Katz said in a statement.
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas who was responsible for planning and executing the October 7th attack on Israel, has been killed, the Israeli military said.
“The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] and ISA [Israel Security Agency] confirm that after a year-long pursuit, yesterday (Wednesday), October 16, 2024, IDF soldiers from the Southern Command eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip.”
Yahya Sinwar was eliminated after hiding for the past year behind the civilian population of Gaza, both above and below ground in Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. The dozens of operations carried out by the IDF and the ISA over the last year, and in recent weeks in the area where he was eliminated, restricted Yahya Sinwar’s operational movement as he was pursued by the forces and led to his elimination.
In recent weeks, IDF and ISA forces, under the command of the Southern Command, have been operating in the southern Gaza Strip, following IDF and ISA intelligence that indicated the suspected locations of senior members of Hamas.
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