Yahya Sinwar: Israeli media confirm death – Soldiers killed him after random check in Rafah

The leader of Hamas Yahya Sinwar is dead according to the Israeli army.

The IDF stated that he was killed following an operation following a random check and identification by Israeli soldiers in Rafah.

Confirmation of the news comes from Israeli media, such as Channel 12, which is aware of transcripts of the soldiers’ conversations with their commanders shortly after the clash.

Three people are reportedly among those killed as a result of this particular operation. In addition to the Hamas leader, there is another brother and successor, Mohammed Sinwar.

Soldiers conducted a rapid DNA test on the spot. The results came out about two hours later and confirmed it was the Hamas leader.

This is evident from the photo released by Israeli intelligence, in which while Sinwar’s body has been found, one of the soldiers is holding a sample of Yahya Sinwar’s genetic material.

Sinwar had taken over the management of Hamas on August 31, when the organization’s de facto political leader, Ismail Haniyah was killed in an explosion in an apartment in Tehran.

Sinwar, who was nicknamed by Israeli intelligence “Gaza Rat”and had not been seen in public since the last time Septemberhad escaped death dozens of times in his long conflict relationship with Israel, a fact that had given him a ‘heroic’ status within Hamas.