Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Is Dead

Stand for Israel  |  October 18, 2024

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the architects of the horrific terror attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, was killed in a battle with the IDF in Gaza on Wednesday:

The incident began around 10 a.m. when a 450th Battalion soldier spotted a suspicious figure entering and exiting a building, alerting his commander, who ordered fire in response.

At 3 p.m., IDF forces, using a drone, identified three figures leaving the building, attempting to move from house to house. Two figures were covered with blankets, walking ahead of Sinwar to clear the way. The 450th Battalion commander opened fire on the group, causing them to scatter. Two terrorists fled into one building, and Sinwar into another.

Sinwar moved to the second floor of the building, and the IDF responded by firing a tank shell at it. As the IDF Infantry Commanders School (Bislach) unit began to sweep the building, two grenades were thrown at them—one exploded, the other did not. The troops pulled back and sent a drone, which detected an injured figure, face covered, sitting in a room and attempting to knock the drone out of the air with a stick.

At dawn the next day, the IDF entered the building and found Sinwar’s body. His identity was later confirmed by dental records. Thank God for the courageous IDF soldiers who brought this man who perpetrated such evil to justice, and who every day put their lives on the line for their country.