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Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar has been killed by Israel. Three Hamas members were killed in an Israeli attack in central Gaza on Thursday. Yahya Sinwar is also included in these.
Israeli media Channel 12 quoted senior army officials as saying that Sinwar has died. The Israeli Army also said in its statement that Sinwar could also be one of the three people killed. DNA test is being done to investigate his death.
Photos of Sinwar’s dead body have also gone viral on social media.
Only Sinwar was left in the top leadership of Hamas.
There were three important actors in the attack on Israel on October 7 last year. These included Political Chief Ismail Haniyeh, Military Chief Mohammad Daif, besides Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar. After Haniyeh’s death in Iran on July 31, Sinwar became the new chief of the organization.
Whereas Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Daif was killed in an airstrike on July 13, which was confirmed on August 1. In such a situation, now only Sinwar was left in the top leadership of Hamas. Therefore, Israel’s entire focus was on finding Sinwar and killing him.
Born in refugee camp, Sinwar remained in jail for 22 years The full name of the new Hamas Chief is Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar. He was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern area of the Gaza Strip. Yahya’s parents were from Ashkelon. When Israel was established in 1948 and thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their ancestral homes, Yahya’s parents also became refugees.
Sinwar was arrested in 1989 for the kidnapping and murder of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians. Yahya was 19 years old at that time. The case went on. He was later sentenced to four life terms.
However, Sinwar was also released in 2011 during an exchange of more than 1,000 prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. By then Sinwar had spent about 22 years in jail.
Ismail Haniyeh with Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. The picture is from 2017.
Khan Yunis’s butcher is called Sinwar Sinwar is known for committing brutal murders. According to a BBC report, Sinwar had buried a man alive at the hands of his brother on suspicion of spying for Israel.
The surprising thing is that the burial was done not with a shovel but with a spoon. Because of such cruelty, Sinwar is also called the butcher of Khan Yunis. Even those close to Sinwar are afraid of him. It is said that if you are avoiding Sinwar’s talk then you are putting your life at stake.
In 2015, Sinwar tortured and killed Hamas commander Mahmoud Ishtiwi. Ishtivi was accused of homosexuality and embezzlement of money. Sinwar is an expert in controlling people. However, he is not considered a very good speaker.
He was declared ‘dead’ in 2014, after some time it proved to be a rumour. In 2015, Yahya was declared a terrorist by America. Sinwar is considered close to Iran.