Yahya Sinwar, the last minutes before the elimination and that gesture against the drone –

The news stands out on the front pages of all newspapers today: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in an operation conducted in Rafah, in the southern area of ​​the Gaza Strip. The first confirmation came from the results of preliminary tests conducted on the body, transferred by the IDF soldiers to the Jewish state. According to the Israeli broadcaster Channel 12, the initial analyzes on the body immediately certified the “total correspondence” with the identity of the leader of the Hamas leaders. Now making the rounds on the web is a video released by the spokesperson of the Israeli army, Daniel Hagari, which portrays the mastermind of the brutal attack on October 7th wounded in the corner of a room of a devastated building.

Raw footage of Yahya Sinwar’s last moments: pic.twitter.com/GJGDlu7bie

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The images, taken by the drone, immortalize Sinwar sitting on a sofa and with his face covered by a fabric that suggests a keffiyeh. In the video, Israel’s number one most wanted man holds a stick in his hand and moves it in the air to hit the drone moments before being eliminated. A new phase of the war in the Middle East could now open. According to the United States, for example, the leader of Hamas has represented the main obstacle to negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks. This was stated by US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller during a press briefing. “He rejected the international community’s efforts to end the war, and refused to release the hostages and participate in negotiations,” he pointed out.

Washington wants to see a clear and rapid change. The killing of the organizer of the October 7 massacre represents “the beginning of the end”, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on social media. “For the people of Gaza, I have a simple message,” he continued, “this war can end tomorrow. It can end if Hamas lays down its weapons and returns our hostages. Israel will ensure the safety of all those who return our hostages. someone will harm them, Israel will hunt him down and bring him to justice.”