New Delhi:
The Israel Defense Forces has released drone footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s final moments. The video showed Shinwar sitting on a sofa surrounded by rubble inside his damaged and dilapidated house. In his final moments, he was seen throwing an object at the drone.
The raw footage is below.
Video of Yahya Sinwar’s last moments: pic.twitter.com/GJGDlu7bie
— LTC Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) October 17, 2024
Israel killed Shinwar, 62, in the Gaza operation on Thursday. “Defeated: Yahya Sinwar,” the IDF wrote in a social media post.
Eliminated: Yahya Sinwar.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 17, 2024
“The mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, has been eliminated by Israeli Defense Forces (Israel Armed Forces) soldiers,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
Later, the IDF released a video message from the RAdm spokesperson. Daniel Hagari talks about the Sinwar killing and Israel’s operational goals in Gaza.
“Shinwar was responsible for the most brutal attack on Israel in our history. Terrorists from Gaza invaded Israel, massacred Israelis in their homes, raped women, and burned entire families alive. , took hostage more than 250 men, women, children and infants.”101 hostages in Gaza continue to be held in harsh conditions over the past year.”
Mr. Hagari said Mr. Sinwar unsuccessfully tried to escape justice, but the Israeli military did so.
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Hagari accused Israel of waging war in the Gaza Strip while hiding behind civilians, saying, “Our war is with Hamas, not with the people of Gaza, and we are serious about it.” That’s what I think,” he repeated.
“We are working to increase the amount of humanitarian aid, including food, water and medicine, sent to Gaza for the people of Gaza who are suffering because of Yahya Sinwar,” he said. or expressed condolences to the families of those abducted. of Shinwar.
“We bow our heads and remember how brave our soldiers were who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the people of Israel,” he added.
The IDF has pledged to “not rest” until all hostages are returned “by any means necessary.”
“We will continue to operate until we have completed all tasks to protect the Israeli people,” he signed.
“This is not the end of the war in Gaza, but it is the beginning of the end,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, vowing to crush Hamas at the start of the war. He previously called Sinwar’s death “an important landmark in the decline of Hamas’s evil rule.”
The October 7 attack was the deadliest in Israeli history, most of them civilians, according to official Israeli statistics, including hostages killed in custody, according to an AFP tally. He is said to have masterminded the attack that left 1,206 people dead.
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