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death of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, in a strike in Gaza – Libération

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The Jewish state confirmed Thursday, October 17 that the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement was indeed one of “three terrorists killed” in the enclave.

It is a death that was expected by some, hoped for by others, and yet surprising. While all eyes had been on Iran for weeks, where an Israeli response was imminent since the Islamic Republic fired nearly 200 missiles at the Jewish state on Tuesday, October 1, in the evening, it is finally towards Gaza that all the attention was focused this Thursday, October 17 with the death of Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, considered one of the masterminds of the October 7 terrorist attacks. And as such, enemy number 1 of the Hebrew State.

News broke shortly before 4 p.m. (local time): Israeli army says it has killed three terrorists in Gaza and is checking to see if Sinwar is among the dead, with no sign of hostages in the stricken area was detected, in this case the district of Tel al-Sultan, in the west of Rafah. “Money, identity documents and combat equipment were found on the bodies of the terrorists, then details the Israeli daily Haaretz. The forces that [les] met were not in the area for an assassination operation and did not have prior intelligence on the presence of Sinwar in this area. Information which suggests that the leader of the Islamist movement, dressed in

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