Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that newly appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza. While Israel claims it was a coincidence, Sinwar's death has prompted both protests and celebrations internationally.
Israel says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in the Gaza Strip . The killing appears to have been a coincidence, with troops running across him by accident. The death has prompted protests - and celebrations.Since October 7, Yahya Sinwar has been in the sights of Israel as one of the major architects of the attack.
Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says they believe Sinwar came above ground from where he had been hiding for some time, in order to escape further north. Sinwar was chosen as Hamas’s top leader in July after his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
It was ravaged in the October 7 attack, with more than 130 people from the community killed and 32 hostages taken to Gaza.
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