Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, killed by Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza. The IDF confirmed Sinwar's death and stated that he was among three militants killed during a gun battle. While the operation wasn't specifically targeting Sinwar, his death is considered a major blow to Hamas.
“I stand before you today to inform you that Yahya Sinwar has been eliminated,” Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a television statement.The Israel Defense Forces said Sinwar was killed Wednesday by soldiers in southern Gaza . Hamas has yet to confirm his death..
The IDF had vowed following the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 taken hostage, to capture Sinwar “dead or alive.” Sinwar, who was born in a Gaza refugee camp in the early 1960s, joined Hamas after its founding in 1987 and helped establish its internal security force a year later, according to a profile of him by the
In a statement Thursday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters, which represents the families of hostages held by Hamas, said it welcomed the possibility of Sinwar’s killing and urged the leveraging of “this major achievement to secure hostages’ return.” "This is significant for Israel’s government, for example, at the very least in terms of it being a political win, with the commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack only having just passed," Mahdi Ghuloom, a regional security analyst at Le Beck International, told NBC News.
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