Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza, says Israel
The Palestinian militant leader was believed to have been the chief architect behind the attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
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The Israeli military said on Thursday that it has killed Yahya Sinwar, a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas who was believed to have been the architect of the attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announcing the killing, said: “While this is not the end of the war in Gaza, it's the beginning of the end.”
Netanyahu said that Sinwar was killed in the city of Rafah in Gaza. Hamas has not yet confirmed the death.
Sinwar was killed in a chance encounter with Israeli troops in southern Gaza, and it was only later that his identity was established, the BBC reported.
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that military personnel identified three men running from house to house, and engaged them, after which they split up. The man later identified as Sinwar “ran alone into one of the buildings” and was later killed after being spotted with a drone, he said.
Drone footage released by Israel on Thursday purportedly showed the Hamas leader’s final moments before he was killed. The video showed an injured man sitting with his head covered on a chair in a largely destroyed building. The man was seen throwing what appeared to be a stick at the drone, after which the...
