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Israel has said that its forces have killed Hamas chief and one of the tallest figures of Palestine resistance, Yahya Sinwar, in Gaza.
The Israeli military said on Thursday that Sinwar has been killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza.
“After completing the process of identifying the body, it can be confirmed that Yahya Sinwar was eliminated,” the Israeli military said.
It said: “The dozens of operations carried out by the IDF [Israeli military] and ISA [Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security service] over the last year, and in recent weeks in the area where he was eliminated, restricted Yahya Sinwar’s operational movement as he was pursued by the forces and led to his elimination.”
The Israeli army and police had been carrying out DNA checks to confirm Sinwar’s identity after it said that its forces in Gaza had killed three people.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it did not mean the war on Gaza was over.
“Today we have settled the score. Today evil has been dealt a blow but our task has still not been completed,” Netanyahu said in a recorded video statement. “To the dear hostage families, I say: this is an important moment in the war. We will continue full force until all your loved ones, our loved ones, are home.”
Hamas has not commented on the Israeli claims.
Sinwar, 62, has been a prime target for Israel.
Chosen as Hamas’s leader in Gaza in 2017, he had previously been held in an Israeli prison for 22 years, before being released as part of a prisoner swap deal in 2011.
Sinwar had been chosen as Hamas’s overall leader following the killing of Haniyeh.
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