Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Hamas has not commented publicly on the reports.
Sinwar was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people and set off Israel’s year-long war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel has made killing him a key objective, and may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.
Good news is rare. I hope this was the result of better intelligence on the whereabouts of the Hamas leadership rather than luck.
If you kill everyone in Gaza, you’ll eventually kill the right person.
Human shields can only get you so far
I pasted this in response to the wrong comment, so here it is again for you:
They wouldn’t exactly admit a source and compromise further operations. They probably had at least an idea of where he might be.
He was just walking around on the surface? Why?
Edit: Kyrgizion makes a good point.