The IDF says it is 'checking the possibility' that one of three Hamas militants killed on Wednesday is Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, waves his hand to the crowd during the celebration of International Quds Day in Gaza City.n Thursday, the Israeli army stated that it is “checking the possibility” that they killed Hamas top leader Yahya Sinwar, who is said to have orchestrated the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, in the Gaza Strip.
Three militants were killed during an exchange of fire between the Israel Defense Force and soldiers in Gaza on Wednesday, but Sinwar’s death hasn’t been confirmed. The statement also said that there were “no signs of the presence of hostages in the area,” though it has often been believed that Sinwarof Hamas’ top leader following the assassination of previous Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh in July in Tehran, Iran, by a strike that Iran and Hamas say was carried out by Israel.
Sinwar was born in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southwestern Gaza, and joined Hamas at a young age. In 1989, he was convicted of abducting and killing two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians he suspected were in cahoots, and served 22 years. Thereports that the DNA of the bodies killed in Gaza will be compared to the DNA collected during his time incarcerated.
Sinwar was eventually released in a 2011 prisoner exchange that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, at which point Sinwar returned to his role with Hamas. He then ascended to a leadership position in Gaza in 2017.After prisoner and hostage exchange deals have fallen apart multiple times since Oct.
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