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Hamass top leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza says Israels foreign minister
17/10/2024
Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war.
Mr Sinwar has topped Israel’s most wanted list since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war just over a year ago, and his killing strikes a powerful blow to the militant group.
There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas of his death.
Foreign minister Israel Katz called Mr Sinwar’s killing a “military and moral achievement for the Israeli army”.
“The assassination of Sinwar will create the possibility to immediately release the hostages and to bring a change that will lead to a new reality in Gaza – without Hamas and without Iranian control,” he said in a statement.
Published: by Radio NewsHub