Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader behind Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, confirmed killed
Yahya Sinwar, the elusive Hamas leader widely credited with masterminding the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, was confirmed dead Thursday, ending a yearlong manhunt for the militant chief.
Yahya Sinwar, the elusive Hamas leader widely credited with masterminding the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, was confirmed dead Thursday, ending a yearlong manhunt for the militant chief.
He was 61.
The Israel Defense Forces said Sinwar was killed by soldiers in an operation in southern Gaza on Wednesday.
Sinwar who was born in a refugee camp and spent years in an Israeli prison before rising to the top of the Iran-backed militant group, was described as a “dead man walking” by the Israeli military in the days after the Oct. 7 attacks. But he managed to evade capture for over a year.
The only sighting of him before his death was in grainy footage taken on Oct. 10, 2023, three days after Hamas' assault, according to the Israeli military. It showed him fleeing with his family into a tunnel, one of a large network build by Hamas under Gaza, which the militant group used to smuggle weapons, hide out from Israeli attacks and keep Israeli hostages captive.
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