“It was not a special operation, nor a special unit of the Israeli army that liquidated him.” This is how Israel revealed some details of the killing of Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Hamas movement.

In an initial statement issued on Thursday evening, the Israeli army and the Shin Bet said that “during activity by the IDF forces in the Gaza Strip, three terrorists were eliminated,” indicating that the process of examining the possibility that one of them was Yahya Sinwar is underway.

Informed Israeli sources said that the Israeli army confronted a man believed to be Yahya Sinwar during routine military operations in the Gaza Strip, noting that Israeli infantry forces confronted three gunmen near a building in Gaza and clashed with them.

After the confrontations ended, the forces found a body similar to Sinwar's, and informed the senior commanders.

According to Israeli sources, the clash with Sinwar came by chance without knowing his whereabouts after a year of persecution, indicating that his presence was a “big surprise for them.”

Earlier today, Thursday, the Israeli army said it was investigating whether Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Channel 13 says that hand grenades and explosives were found in the building, which the army neutralized and transported the body to identify it, noting that the killing of Sinwar occurred in an above-ground structure and not in a tunnel.

Identifying the body of Yahya Al-Sanwar

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.

According to the Israeli channel, the Hebrew state has DNA samples and fingerprints, which are things that were required to identify Sinwar, but his stay in Israeli prisons for 22 years facilitated the task, especially since he was treated in Israeli hospitals when he was suffering from a tumor. In the head.

Another sign that confirmed Sinwar's identity was the watch, as it is known that he was secretly wandering around Gaza throughout the past year without a mobile phone or wireless communication devices to prevent Israel from tracking him - and the watch 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.