IDF Releases Video Allegedly Showing Hamas Leader In Gaza Tunnel On October 10 – Liberation

For the first time since October 7, the Israeli army shared an image this Tuesday, February 13, of Yahya Sinwar, the powerful and highly intelligent leader of Hamas in Gaza.

We had not seen him since the beginning of the war. The Israeli army released a video this Tuesday, February 13, showing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a Gaza tunnel on October 10. It is three days after an attack by a Palestinian Islamic movement on Israeli soil.

“According to the IDF, what we see him walking in the tunnel with part of his family comes from a surveillance camera found during a special forces operation,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said during a televised briefing. it is “The result of our hunt, this hunt will stop only when we capture him dead or alive”he added.

According to the army, the video shows the alleged mastermind of the October 7 attack, J “Escaped with his children and one of his wives, led by his brother Ibrahim Sinwar”. However, it is difficult to independently verify the authenticity of these black and white videos.

“Hide to Hide”

“Neither this video nor any other is really important. Importantly, the intelligence we gather will allow us to locate senior Hamas officials and hostages.”, Daniel Hagari added, without specifying the location where the images were filmed. Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant claimed that Yahya was Sinwar “on the run” and went “Hide to Hide”While Israeli forces advancing south of the Gaza Strip continued to bomb Khan Younes, his hometown.

Yahya Sinwar joined Hamas in 1987 when the group was founded by the influential Sheikh Ahmad Yassin. He spent more than 20 years in an Israeli prison before being released in 2011 and gradually increased his influence in his service with its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, over the Palestinian movement in Gaza. He appointed his other brother Mohammad as the head of the Khan Younes Brigade, the most important in the military branch.