Israel ‘verifies’ whether or not Hamas chief Yahya Sinouar has been ‘eradicated’ | EUROtoday


Un new Hamas chief killed by the IDF? The Israeli military stated this Thursday, October 17, “to verify” whether or not Yahya Sinouar, political chief of Hamas for the reason that dying of Ismaïl Haniyeh, had been killed throughout an operation within the Gaza Strip. “During the army’s operations in the Gaza Strip, three terrorists were eliminated,” the military stated in a press release.

Israeli forces are “verifying the possibility that one of the terrorists is Yahya Sinouar”, and “at this stage, the identities of the terrorists cannot be confirmed”, it’s specified. The three “targets” had been situated in a constructing which, it appears, didn’t home any hostages, provides the military.

“A possibility” exists that Yahya Sinouar was eradicated, however checks are underway, a spokesperson stated, in accordance with Reuters.

Yahya Sinouar, thought of the mastermind of the lethal assaults of October 7, 2023 towards northern Israel, succeeded in August as head of Hamas from Ismaïl Haniyeh, killed in Tehran on July 31 in an explosion blamed on Israel.



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