2023-11-08 01:56:14
Israeli forces said they surrounded Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a bunker following they took control of one of the terrorist group’s military strongholds on Tuesday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dubbed Sinwar the “Bin Laden of Gaza” as they approached the outskirts of Gaza City. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Sinwar was “hiding in his bunker…without any contact with his associates” and did not reveal the terrorist leader’s exact location.
At the height of the operation, several anti-tank missiles, launchers, other weapons and various intelligence materials were discovered inside the bastion. The explosion also killed at least ten Hamas militants.
At the height of the operation, several anti-tank missiles, launchers, other weapons and various intelligence materials were discovered inside the bastion. | Photo: 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
The IDF also said the plane hit several Hamas militants who had barricaded themselves in a building near Al-Quds Hospital.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stressed that Israeli troops are attacking the terrorist group’s strongholds “from all sides, in perfect coordination with maritime and air forces.” Footage shows armed Israeli troops entering the “terrorist nest” and searching buildings.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Yahya Sinwar, 61, to a “little Hitler in a bunker” as he is suspected of hiding in a Hamas command center beneath a hospital in the Gaza Strip. Loop.
IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht compared Sinwar’s role in Hamas atrocities to that of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Hecht stated: “Yahya Sinwar is the face of evil. “He is the mastermind behind all of this, just as Bin Laden was during the 9/11 attacks on the United States.”
Before this, the Israelis called on Hamas militants in Gaza to surrender or kill the organization’s leader, hoping that this would “hasten the end of the war.”
The Israelis called on Hamas militants in Gaza to surrender or kill the organization’s leader, hoping that this would “hasten the end of the war.” | Photo: 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday that “over the past day, IDF troops captured a military stronghold belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the northern Gaza Strip. 10 terrorists. Subsequently, IDF ground troops discovered an anti-tank missile cell operating in their vicinity and ordered IDF aircraft to attack the terrorist cell.”
Fighting between Israeli soldiers and Hamas continues following five weeks in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian Islamist movement reported at least 30 dead following an Israeli bombardment of a refugee camp on Saturday night.
The majority of the victims “are children and women,” said the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, and assured that the homes were directly attacked.
An Israeli military spokesman said they were investigating whether the Israel Defense Forces were operating in the area during the bombing.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promised that the offensive will allow “finding and eliminating” Yahya Sinwar, head of the Islamist movement in power in that Palestinian territory.
Israeli soldiers continue the ground offensive and bombing campaign that began on October 7, in response to the attack in which Islamists killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped some 240 in southern Israel. according to the balance of the Jewish State.
Israeli soldiers continue the ground offensive and bombing campaign that began on October 7, in response to the attack in which Islamists killed more than 1,400 people. | Photo: 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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