17/10/2024–|Last updated: 10/17/202408:56 PM (Mecca time)
The Israeli Prime Minister confirmed Benjamin Netanyahu The head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement was killed (agitation) Yahya Al-Sanwar In an Israeli army operation in Gaza Stripstressing that the war is not over.
Netanyahu added in a press conference on Thursday that the Israeli army will continue with full force until the detainees are returned, saying, “We struck a blow against evil, but the mission was not completed,” according to his description.
He stressed that Hamas will no longer rule the Gaza Strip, and addressed the movement's fighters, saying, “To those who are holding the kidnapped people, we say free them and we will let you live.”
He said that the Middle East has an opportunity to stop what he describes as the “axis of evil” to bring peace and prosperity to the region, according to his claim.
Minutes before Netanyahu's speech, the Israeli army confirmed that Sinwar was killed yesterday, Wednesday, in clashes in the southern Gaza Strip.
There has been no comment from Hamas so far on the Israeli announcement.
Israel considers Sinwar the mastermind of the operation Al-Aqsa flood On October 7, 2023, which led to the killing of more than a thousand Israeli soldiers and settlers.