18/10/2024–|Last updated: 10/18/202406:00 PM (Mecca time)
The Israeli army revealed the last moments of the clash between a number of its soldiers and the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) Yahya Al-Sanwar.
The Israeli army said that in his last moments, Sinwar threw two bombs at the attacking force before tank fire was directed at him.
Israeli Army Radio quoted a military source confirming that one of the Israeli soldiers was seriously injured by bullets from Sinwar and his companions.
Israeli Army Radio also quoted the commander of the battalion clashing with Sinwar as saying that he threw grenades before and after he was injured in his arm.
Earlier, the Israeli army said that its forces spotted 3 people the day before yesterday, Wednesday, in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city. Rafah South of the sector.
According to the Israeli story, the occupation forces took the initiative to clash with these people without being able to identify them, while one of them – who later turned out to be Al-Sinwar – took refuge alone in a building, before an Israeli drone surveyed the area.
Pictures published by the Israeli army show a masked Sinwar sitting on one of the seats and throwing a wooden plank towards an Israeli drone that entered the building, before he was targeted by firing a tank shell at the building.
The Israeli army said that it found Sinwar’s body the next day of the clash while combing the building, and his identity was determined at that time.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the Hamas leader was wearing a protective vest containing bullet magazines and a number of grenades. He had a pistol and 40,000 shekels (10.7 thousand US dollars).
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Military expert Brigadier General Elias Hanna believes that the Israeli photos show that Sinwar was injured and tried to push back an Israeli march with a wooden stick.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Hanna said that these pictures undermine the Israeli narrative that Al-Naswar was taking refuge with detained prisoners, in addition to the fact that his assassination came by pure coincidence, “which means there was tactical and intelligence blindness.”
Regarding the repercussions of Sinwar’s killing, the military expert described what happened as a strong blow toAl-Qassam Brigades The military wing of the Hamas movement, especially since he is “an intelligent personality and knows the Israeli mentality well.”
The military expert could not confirm the developments of field events after the martyrdom of Sinwar, “because the issue is complex in Gaza,” suggesting that there is “decentralization in the work of Al-Qassam fighters, in addition to the fact that the resistance in the Gaza Strip is homogeneous.”
