Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre in Israel, has been killed, according to the Israeli military.
“This is the beginning of the day after Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, while calling on those holding Israelis captive in Gaza to lay down their weapons and return the hostages, pledging whoever does so will be allowed to “go out and live.”
Sinwar’s body was spotted in the rubble of a building struck by an Israeli tank in Gaza, according to a radio station run by Israel’s military.
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed Sinwar was “eliminated” after Israeli officials ran DNA tests and used dental records to confirm his identity.
● Netanyahu: “Evil has suffered a heavy blow” after Sinwar’s death, “but the task before us is not yet complete”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Thursday, saying, “This is the beginning of the day after Hamas.”
“Evil has suffered a heavy blow, but the task before us is not yet complete,” Netanyahu said in a recorded video message.
Netanyahu called Sinwar’s killing an “important moment in the war,” telling residents of Gaza that it is an “opportunity” for them to “finally break free from (Hamas’) tyranny.”
Netanyahu warned Hamas its leaders will be eliminated and called on those holding Israeli hostages captive to lay down their weapons and return the hostages, saying whoever does so will be allowed to “go out and live.”
He commended the “heroic soldiers” who carried out the operation and told the families of hostages still held in Gaza that it is “highest commitment” that Israel will continue “with all our strength until the return home of all your loved ones, who are our loved ones.”
●》DNA tests confirm Sinwar was killed, Israeli police spokesperson says
DNA tests conducted by the Israeli police have found that the body of an individual killed in an Israeli operation in Gaza was that of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, police said Thursday.
“The police’s forensics department completed the DNA test, which also found a match for the confirmed identification of Yahya Sinwar,” an Israeli police spokesperson said.
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