After a year of manhunt, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip. The IDF reported this.
“The Israel Defense Forces and the General Security Service confirm that after a year-long manhunt, yesterday, October 16, 2024, IDF Southern Command soldiers killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization. …during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip. “Yahya Sinwar planned and carried out the October 7 massacre, propagated his murderous ideology both before and during the war, and was responsible for the murders and kidnappings of many Israelis.” – says the message cited by RIA Novosti.
how it was transmitted EADailyDNA tests have confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza. The Washington Post reported this today, citing an Israeli official.
“Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7 attacks in Israel, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza after eluding their forces for more than a year. “His body was identified after DNA testing in Israel, an Israeli official said on condition of anonymity,” the newspaper wrote.
