The IDF spokesperson unveiled new details and footage from the elimination of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and the chief architect of the October 7 massacre.
Video: Footage from an IDF drone showing Yahya Sinwar moments before his elimination
In a video, captured by an Israeli drone, shows Sinwar sitting on a couch inside a destroyed building. Upon noticing the drone hovering above, Sinwar, who had already lost his hand from earlier gunfire, attempts to throw a piece of wood at the drone in a futile effort to knock it down.
In his statement, the IDF spokesperson said: "For months, IDF and Shin Bet forces have been working to gather intelligence in order to eliminate Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization and one of the founders of its military wing. Sinwar had been hiding in an area our forces surrounded for an extended period. We didn't know he was there, but we continued to act with determination. The forces found Sinwar with a vest, a pistol, and 40,000 shekels in cash. He tried to flee, and our forces eliminated him."
"There were no hostages with the terrorists we eliminated," the spokesperson clarified. "The forces are now scanning the area and are proceeding with the necessary caution." Regarding Sinwar's presence in the Rafah tunnel where the bodies of the six hostages, who were murdered in captivity, were discovered, he added: "After an investigation, we can confirm that Sinwar's DNA was found in an underground tunnel, a few hundred meters from the tunnel where the hostages were killed."
"We had known Sinwar's estimated location for some time despite the high level of secrecy that Hamas employed regarding his whereabouts," military sources stated. "We knew he had been in Rafah, and we have been extracting information from underground tunnels there to understand where he was."
