Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli army is besieging the residence of Yahya Sinwar, the supreme leader of Hamas in Gaza, and that the net will be closed in the near future.
As I said yesterday, our troops can reach anywhere in the Gaza Strip. Today, they have surrounded Sinwar's house," the Israeli prime minister said.
Has Israel caught one of Hamas's biggest fish?Netanyahu's tone suggests that Israel, while confident, is not very sure: "His house may not be his fortress and he can get away with it this time, but it's only a matter of time before we catch him".
Yahya Sinwar joined Hamas in the early 1980s and has led it since 2017.
Netanyahu said he was identified as the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack and was Israel's most wanted man.
Sinwar, 61, has been nicknamed "The Face of **", "The Butcher of Khan Younis" – and he is believed to have killed multiple whistleblowers suspected of collaborating with Israel.
Israel believes that Sinwar and the military chieftain Deyves are hiding in a tunnel under Khan Younis. At present, the entire city is surrounded by Israeli troops, and the two cannot escape.
Israeli attempts to decapitate him have been repeatedly thwarted due to the cover of the Gaza population. This time, Israel drove all the people of Gaza away, and without the protection of the people, this time Israel was bound to win.