Tuesday , December 31 2024

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar killed in Israeli strike, IDF confirms

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Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has confirmed that Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who instigated the October 7 attack on Israel, has been killed. This information is based on preliminary DNA testing. 1,200 Israeli civilians were killed in the October 7 attack, which is considered the worst terrorist attack on Israel to date. After this tension spread throughout the Middle East.

Mastermind of October 7 attack

Katz said, 'Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the October 7 attack, was killed by Israeli soldiers today.' Today the Israeli Army has reported the killing of three more terrorists during an operation in Gaza. A senior Israeli official said one of those killed in Wednesday's IDF strike was Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded a major attack on Israel on October 7.

Learn about the case in detail

Israeli soldiers attacked a building in Gaza on Wednesday. In which three people died. When soldiers entered the building on Thursday, they found a dead man who looked like Sinwar. Since then there is speculation that Sinwar has died.

The news of Sinwar's death had come earlier also.

A few days ago it was reported that Israel was investigating the possibility that Sinwar was killed in a rocket attack on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City. However, reports of direct contact are false, a senior Qatari diplomat said. According to the diplomat, the contact was established by senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayyah.

Who is Yahya Sinwar?

Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7 attack on Israel, became the chief of Hamas after Ismail Haniya was killed in an explosion in Iran in August this year. Born in 1962, Sinwar was one of the earliest members of Hamas. Hamas was formed in 1987.

Leadership of Hamas' security branch

Sinaver headed Hamas' security branch, which worked to expel Israeli spies from the organization. Arrested by Israel in the late 1980s, Sinwar confessed to killing 12 suspected associates, earning him the nickname “The Butcher of Khan Younis.” Sinwar was ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes, which included the murder of two Israeli employees.