The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed.
The Israeli Channel 12 announced on Thursday, citing sources it said were official, that Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Hamas movement, had been killed.
The Israeli Channel 13 said earlier that there are some points that must be pointed out, before we get the final confirmation of Sinwar’s killing, indicating that the matter will not take long.
Israel has DNA samples and fingerprints all needed for Sinwar - who spent 22 years in an Israeli prison and was treated in Israeli hospitals when he suffered from a head tumor.
This is a completely accidental encounter with our forces. It was not a special operation, nor a special unit of the Israeli army that liquidated him. What seemed to start as a routine confrontation with militants may end up as an event that could change the face of war.
Hand grenades and explosives were found in the building, which our forces neutralized and transported the body for identification. This incident occurred in an above-ground structure and not in a tunnel.
Another sign that may indicate that it is a felon is that it extends beyond the features of the face and teeth - the watch.
It is known that Sinwar has been secretly roaming Gaza for the past year without a mobile phone or walkie-talkies to prevent Israel from tracking him - and the clock may indicate this.
While Channel 12 said that all tests conducted indicate that Yahya Al-Sinwar has already been eliminated.
The same matter was mentioned by the Israeli newspaper “Maariv”, which said that dental experts confirmed that the structure of the mouth of the corpse being examined resembles the structure of the hook.
According to the American website “Axios”, Sinwar was the mastermind of the attacks that took place on October 7 on Tel Aviv, which led to the outbreak of Israel’s year-long war against Hamas in Gaza.
During the year following the Hamas attacks, Israel killed more than 42,000 Palestinians in its assault on Gaza, most of them civilians, according to local health officials.
The Israeli government and Joe Biden's administration said that killing Sinwar, who had also been head of Hamas' political bureau since August, was a main goal.