The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video on Tuesday that it says shows Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in an underground tunnel in Khan Yunis.
IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari aired footage taken from surveillance cameras during a press conference on Oct. 10, three days after Hamas invaded Israel, The Times of Israel reported. report. (Related: Israel releases video of daring operation that freed two hostages)
“The footage shows his wife and children fleeing with him.'' Earlier this month, Hagari said, troops detained a senior Hamas military official and a close relative of Sinwar. Among those detained were the father of Rafaa Salameh, commander of the Rafaa Brigade in Hamas, and the son of Husni Hamdan, also a senior Hamas commander. And they are giving us a lot of information,” Hagari said,” Times of Israel military correspondent Emmanuel Fabian also tweeted.
Israeli Defense Forces spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari told a news conference that footage showed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar inside a tunnel in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
According to him, the footage was taken on October 10, three days after the war began.
The clip shows his wife and children fleeing with him. pic.twitter.com/vg5zXWvjGd
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) February 13, 2024
The footage shows a young man holding a flashlight jumping into the tunnel, followed by an adult and three children. Then, after the children pass, a man named Shinwar appears with a briefcase. The Times of Israel reported that the young man with the flashlight was identified as Yahya's brother Ibrahim Sinwar.
The route of the tunnel allegedly used by Sinwar was provided by the Israel Defense Forces in a map tweeted by Fabian.
This IDF diagram shows the tunnel route in Khan Younis where Shinwar was on October 10th pic.twitter.com/sgQTpyu90b
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) February 13, 2024
The Israel Defense Forces also aired footage of soldiers being led through one of the tunnels allegedly used by Shinwar and Hamas leaders, where a safe containing “millions of shekels and several dollars in cash” was discovered. Fabian tweeted.
The Israel Defense Forces aired footage of troops guiding Yahya Sinwar, his family and other senior Hamas officials through the tunnels where they hid during the war.
The video shows that the tunnel has two bathrooms, a fully stocked kitchen, a sleeping area and, according to the IDF, another room… pic.twitter.com/1pH7UIVMjM
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) February 13, 2024
“What is really important is not which video. What is important is the information that allows us to contact high-ranking Hamas officials and hostages. The search for Sinwar will not stop until we capture him, alive or dead,” Hagari said. said, The Times of Israel reported.
