where he is really the leader of Hamas –

The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, is not hiding in Rafah, the city in the south of the conflict zone where the IDF operation is underway. He may instead be in the tunnels of the Khan Yunis area. This was revealed by Israeli sources to the Times of Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu organized the operation in Rafah precisely with the aim of capturing the leaders of the movement, a strategic decision which in recent months led to the killing of the deputy commander of the military wing of Hamas, Marwan Issa, considered the number 3 leader of the terrorist group in Gaza. Sinwar and his deputy, the head of the military wing Mohammed Deif, are however still in hiding.

The two officials who spoke to the Times of Israel were unable to say for certain where Sinwar is currently located, but cited recent intelligence assessments placing the Hamas leader in underground tunnels in the Khan Younis area, approximately five miles north of Rafah. Israel has made Sinwar’s elimination a key element of its goal to destroy Hamas. In February, the IDF released footage of what it said was Sinwar walking through a tunnel with several family members, the first time he had been spotted since he went into hiding before the devastating October 7 assault. Sinwar and Deif have always remained in hiding, despite repeated claims by Israeli officials that the IDF was closing in on them.