November 10, 2024

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Yahya Sinwar: How Israel Tracked Down and Killed Top Hamas Leader

Yahya Sinwar: How Israel Tracked Down and Killed Top Hamas Leader

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photo caption, Israel has been searching for Sinwar in Gaza for over a year.

Israeli troops have been hunting for more than a year for the Hamas leader, who disappeared in Gaza shortly after planning the October 7 attacks.

Yahya Sinwar, 61, is said to be hiding in tunnels under the Strip with a “human shield” of bodyguards and hostages captured in Israel.

But it seems A chance encounter with an Israeli patrol in southern Gaza changed the course of things. His bodyguard is known to be small and no hostages have been found with him.

Many details are unknown, but this is what is known so far about Shinwar’s death, which was confirmed this Friday by Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s vice president in Gaza and the organization’s main negotiator.