Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Hamas has not commented publicly on the reports.

Sinwar was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people and set off Israel’s year-long war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel has made killing him a key objective, and may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.

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    13 days ago

    They wouldn’t exactly admit a source and compromise further operations. They probably had at least an idea of where he might be.

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      13 days ago

      OBL hid in a personal mansion for 10 years only 100 miles away from Pakistan Military Academy

      Mullah Omar hid in a tunnel only 3 miles away from Base Wolverine lol.

      I think it was probably a bit of both. They knew he was in the north, but not much more. I presume their intel gathering fell apart after the infrastructure collapsed.