DEEP DIVE — Greater than a yr after Israeli leaders unleashed a punishing struggle to destroy Hamas, the top for Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar got here in what Israeli officers known as “an unplanned operation,” a firefight that navy commanders had no thought concerned their primary goal. As one U.S. official informed CNN, “The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is extra stunned by this than we’re.”
The Israeli navy confirmed on Thursday that Sinwar, extensively believed to have been the architect of the raids and bloodbath of 1,200 folks in southern Israel final October, had been “eradicated” throughout an change between Israeli and Hamas forces within the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF mentioned it had used DNA testing and dental data in Israel to substantiate Sinwar’s id – a reminder that the Hamas chief had been held in Israeli jails earlier than a 2011 prisoner change.
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