Yahya Sinuarwas killed by a bullet to the head, the New York Times reported, citing the medical examiner who led the autopsy in Israel.
However, there are many obscure points, according to the North American newspaper, especially with regard to the exact moment of the fatal shot, the weapon used and who fired it.
The leader of Hamas he was initially wounded in the right forearm during an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers, the director of the Israel Institute of Forensic Medicine, Chen Kugel, who oversaw the autopsy and released its findings to the newspaper, told the New York Times.
Wounded, Sinuar was killed with a shot to the head, he said
After the injury, the Hamas leader wrapped an electrical wire around his arm, “but that wouldn’t have been enough anyway (…) It wasn’t stable enough and his forearm had disintegrated,” the coroner told the NYT.
Israel announced on Thursday the death of Yahya Sinuar, whom confirmed after all, so does Hamas.
According to Israeli military spokesman Daniel Haggari, we know that Israeli forces have been operating “in recent weeks” in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, following reports of the possible presence of senior Hamas officials there. .
“Yahia Sinuar was hiding in areas we had already inspected,” but “we didn’t know he was there,” according to Rear Admiral Hagari.
On Wednesday, soldiers spotted “three terrorists moving from house to house” and there was an exchange of gunfire. “Sinuar then ran alone into a building” and “was injured in one arm by gunfire,” according to Hagari.
The Israeli military said the Hamas leader had with him a pistol and 40,000 shekels (about $10,000).
Khamenei’s “revival” declaration
The Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas ‘is and will remain alive’ despite Sinwar’s death today is its supreme leader Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“His loss is certainly painful for the resistance front” in Israel, “but (the resistance front) will not stop with Sinwar’s martyrdom”, assured Ayatollah Khamenei in a statement.
Iran does not recognize the State of Israel and, since the Islamic revolution of 1979, has made the Palestinian cause one of the pillars of its foreign policy.
Yahya Sinwar “was a brilliant figure of resistance and struggle” against Israel, Khamenei stressed. “He stood with unwavering determination against the inhumane and aggressive enemy and slapped him with courage,” he added.
Yahya Sinwar, who was long in the shadows before becoming head of Hamas in the summer, is believed to have been the architect of the October 7 attack. On the eve of Sinwar’s appointment as head of Hamas in August, Iran’s supreme leader posted a video on his website of a rare meeting with him in 2011.
Yahya Sinwar was then a member of the Palestinian Islamic movement delegation, headed by Ismail Haniya, who was also murdered. Sinuar succeeded.
Israeli attacks continue
At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured in new bombings in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military announced that an unmanned aircraft originating from Lebanon today struck a “structure” in the coastal city of Caesarea, in central Israel.
The unmanned aerial vehicle “struck a structure in the district of Caesarea”, the army announced without giving further details, clarifying however that there were no injuries. Two other drones were intercepted, the military added.
For its part, Hamas made it clear that the detained hostages will not be released until Israel ends its offensive, while Iran’s supreme leader warned that Sinwar’s death is not the end of Hamas.
With information from APE-MPE, Reuters, AFP