Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, said that Sinwar’s death is “an important step” in the decline of Hamas and that “evil has suffered a serious blow.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed this Thursday, in reconfirming the death of the Hamas leader, that Israel “has settled scores” with Yahya Sinwar, stressing, however, that “the war is not over yet.”
In a speech broadcast live on television, Netanyahu said that Sinwar’s death is “an important step” in the decline of Hamas. “Evil suffered a severe blow” with the death of Sinwaradded Netanyahu, for whom this Thursday “It is the beginning of the day after Hamas“.
“I would like to repeat it, in the clearest terms: Hamas will no longer rule Gaza. This “It is the beginning of the day after Hamas and this is a chance for you, residents of Gaza, to finally free yourself from its tyranny.”Netanyahu declared.
Sinwar’s death was not immediately confirmed: the first reports appeared on CNN, which reported that the Israeli army was investigating whether the Hamas leader had been killed in an attack in the Gaza Strip. And, in the following hours, contradictory information emerged from the most diverse sources: some confirmed the death, others called for calm and others said it was a lie.
The first official information reached the media through the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, who confirmed, in a message sent to his counterparts around the world, the death of Yahya Sinwar, who said he was responsible for the “massacre and October atrocities.” Seventh”.
“This is a great military and moral achievement for Israel and a victory for the entire free world against the evil axis of radical Islam led by Iran,” reads the same message, where the minister also stated that this death opens possibilities to liberate to the hostages. immediately and for Gaza to be free from the control of Hamas and Iran.
From that moment on, DNA tests that confirmed the identity allowed the Israel Defense Forces, the internal intelligence agency Shin Bet and the president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, to also make public the confirmation of the information, and Official reactions began to emerge everywhere. the world.
It is also known that the Hamas leader was killed during an Israeli operation in the Tal El Sultan area of southern Gaza, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published “raw images” in X. of the latest moments of Yahya Sinwar”, before the attack that caused the death of the Hamas leader. In the video, the man appears with his face covered, sitting on a sofa in a ruined building, identified as Sinwar.
Unedited images of Yahya Sinwar’s last moments: pic.twitter.com/GJGDlu7bie
— Lt. Gen. Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) October 17, 2024
Source: Observadora
