Will capture Hamas leader Sinwar dead or alive: IDF

tel aviv (Uttam Hindu News): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that its intelligence agencies are getting closer to Hamas terrorist leader Yahya Sinwar and will capture him dead or alive. IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari made the announcement in a press statement Tuesday night.

The spokesman said that military intelligence and other Israeli intelligence agencies received important information about the Hamas leader, who is considered the mastermind of the October 7 surprise attacks on Israel.

Meanwhile, the IDF also said they found visuals of Sinwar and a wife and child living in a network of tunnels. However, the said footage was obtained during a recent raid by Israeli soldiers in a tunnel network beneath a cemetery in the Bani Suhayla area, Khan Yunis, which is Sinwar’s birthplace.

The IDF spokesperson also said that Israeli troops have captured close relatives of several senior Hamas leaders and that these people, who are in Israeli custody, are revealing important information about the Hamas network and the whereabouts of its hidden leaders. Are. It is noteworthy that the IDF had recently conducted a raid in Rafah on the Egyptian border and rescued two hostages who were in the custody of Hamas.

Daniel Hagari said those in IDF custody also included the father of Salemah, Hamas’ Rafah region commander, and the son of another senior leader, Hosni Hamdan.

The IDF spokesman also said that some of Sinwar’s close relatives were in their custody, but did not name them.

Meanwhile, the IDF is conducting raids and surveillance in several areas of the Rafah border, where intelligence reports indicate a large number of Hamas militants are present among the civilian population, including women and children.

Israeli intelligence, including Mossad and Shin Bet, have also given input on how Hamas people can blend into the population to protect themselves from attack.