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Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Hamas has not commented publicly on the reports.

Sinwar was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people and set off Israel’s year-long war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel has made killing him a key objective, and may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    16 days ago

    I pasted this in response to the wrong comment, so here it is again for you:

    During a routine patrol by the IDF, the soldiers encountered three armed men. They exchanged fire and killed them. Israeli officials said the incident was coincidental and not based on intelligence.

    • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      They wouldn’t exactly admit a source and compromise further operations. They probably had at least an idea of where he might be.

      • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        16 days ago

        OBL hid in a personal mansion for 10 years only 100 miles away from Pakistan Military Academy

        Mullah Omar hid in a tunnel only 3 miles away from Base Wolverine lol.

        I think it was probably a bit of both. They knew he was in the north, but not much more. I presume their intel gathering fell apart after the infrastructure collapsed.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      16 days ago

      He was just walking around on the surface? Why?

      Edit: Kyrgizion makes a good point.

      They wouldn’t exactly admit a source and compromise further operations. They probably had at least an idea of where he might be.