The IDF and ISA confirmed last Thursday that after a year-long pursuit, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, IDF soldiers from the Southern Command eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip.
“Yahya Sinwar planned and executed the October 7th Massacre, promoted his murderous ideology both before and during the war, and was responsible for the murder and abduction of many Israelis,” the IDF stated.
The Hamas leader was eliminated after a tank fired at a building in Rafah which was thought to contain terrorists. After that, infantry from the 450th Battalion raided and searched the building. During the searches, the forces found Sinwar’s body.
Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant hinted at the elimination in a post on X in which he quoted the verse from Leviticus: “‘You shall give chase to your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.’ We will reach every terrorist, and we will eliminate him.” Alongside the post, Gallant added a picture with an empty space between Mohammad Deif and Hassan Nasrallah.
There is no question that the elimination of Yahya Sinwar was nothing short of a modern-day miracle. The IDF’s unexpected success during this stage of the war has badly humiliated Israel’s critics. Everything will be OK. We trust they’ll get over it.
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IDF confirms: Yahya Sinwar eliminated, by Uzi Baruch/Israel National News, October 17, 2024