Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Israeli military operation
- Yahya Sinwar was eliminated, confirmed the head of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sinwar was the head of Hamas and one of the architects of the attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
1:54 PM EDT, October 17, 2024
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, announced Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz. The mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, [was] responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, added the diplomat.
Sinwar eliminated: Hamas leader is dead
Katz is the first representative of the Israeli authorities to announce Sinwar's death officially. Shortly afterward, the information was also confirmed by the Israeli armed forces and the Shin Bet security service.
On Thursday afternoon, reports began to appear in the media about the death of the Hamas leader.
Pursued for years by Israel, Sinwar was reportedly killed in an Israeli military attack in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, along with two other Hamas members. Later, it was reported that Israeli services were checking if Sinwar was among those killed.
Architect of attacks on Israel
The 61-year-old Sinwar had been a member of Hamas for decades, spending over 20 years in an Israeli prison, and in August this year, he was elected as the leader of the organization after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli attack.
Sinwar was widely considered one of the architects of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 were kidnapped. Since then, he had been at the top of Israel's target list. Since the outbreak of the war, he has presumably been hiding in the dense network of tunnels built by Hamas under the Gaza Strip.
According to the Gaza Strip's health ministry, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli retaliatory operation against Hamas. The Palestinian enclave is devastated and is experiencing a humanitarian crisis.
