The head of the Islamist Hamas and suspected planner of the October 7 massacre in Israel, Yahya Sinwar, is said to have narrowly escaped the Israeli army several times. There are indications that the 61-year-old never stays in one place for an extended period of time.
Israeli TV channel Channel 13 reported on Tuesday evening that soldiers had reached places where Yahya Sinwar would have been until recently.
According to Israeli media, he fled from the north of the Gaza Strip at the beginning of the war and is now in the town of Khan Younis in the south of the coastal region. This is considered a Hamas stronghold. The army announced on Tuesday evening that it wanted to intensify operations there.
Who is Yahya Sinwar?
Sinwar is believed to be one of the planners of the massacre in Israel, in which approximately 1,200 Israelis were killed. He was convicted by Israel in 1988 for the murder of four suspected collaborators and two Israeli soldiers.
He subsequently spent more than twenty years in Israeli custody. In 2011, Sinwar was one of more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. In 2017, Sinwar became Hamas chief in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Krone
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