Over the past year, Israel has methodically targeted Hamas leadership, with the country’s army chief recently declaring that the terror group’s military wing has been “defeated.”
However, the most wanted figure remains elusive—Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7 attacks. Sinwar has managed to evade capture throughout the year-long conflict, with the only sighting being a video discovered during an IDF raid shortly after the fighting began.
The grainy footage shows a man, believed to be Sinwar, moving through a tunnel with his wife, children, and a large bag, thought to contain around 25kg of dynamite.
According to Kobi Michael, Sinwar’s former Shin Bet interrogator, Sinwar was surrounded by at least 20 hostages, making any attempt to kill him extremely risky.
Approximately 97 hostages taken during the October 7, 2023 attack are believed to remain in Gaza, though the fate of many remains uncertain.
Israel’s response to the cross-border terror attack has been relentless. A year of bombing Gaza has resulted in over 40,000 deaths, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.
The Israeli military claims to have struck more than 40,000 targets, discovered 4,700 tunnel shafts, and destroyed 1,000 rocket launchers in its ongoing campaign.
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Despite the devastation, Sinwar remains unrepentant for his role in the October 7 attacks, according to those in contact with him.
Even as the Israeli invasion has devastated Gaza and caused widespread destruction to his allies, including Hezbollah, Sinwar has shown no signs of remorse.
Several prominent Hamas leaders have been killed in recent months, including Mohammed Deif, head of the al-Qassam Brigades, in an airstrike on Gaza, and Saleh al-Arouri, a founding commander of the group, who was killed in a blast in Beirut’s Hezbollah stronghold.
In July, Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas’s political wing, was killed—likely by Israel—during a visit to Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s president.
Following Haniyeh’s death, the 62-year-old Sinwar was appointed leader of Hamas.
(Mail Online)
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