Hamas’s ‘Laden’ succeeded in deceiving Mossad twice in Gaza war, Israeli army was left wringing its hands
In the ongoing fighting in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces came very close to capturing Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar twice. IDF soldiers have twice in recent days managed to reach tunnels in Gaza where they were reported to be carrying Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Both times Yahya managed to escape just before the soldiers arrived. The IDF is continuously searching for Yahya, from the intelligence gathered during this time it has come to know that he is moving from one place to another instead of staying in any one place for a long time.
Hebrew media outlets quoted sources as saying on Tuesday that the IDF has mainly focused its operations in and around the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis to capture Sinwar. The report said that after the fighting with Israel started, Sinwar came towards the south by hiding in a convoy of people and is currently hiding in Khan Yunis. During the search for Sinwar, soldiers also reportedly discovered a hideout of Hamas military wing commander Muhammad Deif.
Was Sinwar in his house on 6th December?
According to the report, the IDF received information on December 6 about Sinwar being in the home of Khan Younis. When the IDF searched, he was not found there. The IDF believes he left the area some time ago. The IDF believes she was very close to Sinwar. Although he did not succeed in capturing Sinwar, an Israeli hostage had also said that Sinwar was in Gaza. Whom he met in the tunnel.
Yahya Sinwar has been the chief of Hamas in Gaza since 2017. In 2017, he was selected to replace Ismail Haniya. Yahya Sinwar has had an estranged relationship with Israel. Sinwar was sentenced to four life terms in Israel in 1989 for planning the kidnapping and murder of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians. He has been in Israeli jail for 22 years. After 22 years he was released by Israel in exchange for the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel says that Yahya is the mastermind behind the October 7 attack. In such a situation, Israel is talking about capturing him at any cost.