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The Israeli military said Thursday it killed Hamas' leader, Yahya Sinwar, in an operation in Gaza. AdvertisementThe Israeli military said Thursday that it killed Hamas' leader, Yahya Sinwar, during an operation in Gaza, eliminating the architect of the October 7, 2023, massacre. The Israel Defense Forces released a statement confirming that soldiers from its 828th Brigade killed Sinwar in southern Gaza on Wednesday. But despite months of intense Israeli air and ground operations that have leveled much of Gaza, Sinwar managed to remain elusive. Related storiesIsrael's devastating Gaza war has left over 40,000 Palestinians dead — most of them civilians, per local assessments.
Persons: Yahya Sinwar, , Sinwar, Yahya, Yoav Gallant, Danny Danon, Avi Melamed, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, 828th Brigade, IDF, ISA, Israeli, United Nations Locations: Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, Iran
CNN —The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed by Israel to be chief architect of the militant group’s deadly October 7, 2023, terror attack that set off the war in Gaza, had been killed in battle. After completing the process of identifying the body, it can be confirmed that Yahya Sinwar was eliminated.”Two Israeli sources familiar with the matter told CNN earlier that Israeli forces encountered Sinwar during a routine military operation. Sinwar, pictured center, attends the funeral of a senior Hamas militant alongside Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City in 2017. A longtime figure in the Islamist Palestinian group, Sinwar was responsible for building up Hamas’ military wing before forging important new ties with regional Arab powers as the group’s civilian and political leader. He was elected to Hamas’ main decision-making body, the Politburo, in 2017 as the political leader of Hamas in Gaza branch.
Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, ” “, Israel, Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammed Salem, Reuters Sinwar, , Mohammed Deif, Al, Marwan Issa Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, ISA, Southern Command, 828th Brigade, Israeli Army Radio, IDF, Hamas, Reuters, Israel, , US Department of State, Biden Locations: Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Gaza City, Gaza . Israel, Sinwar, United Kingdom, France
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