Just how isolated has Yahya Sinwar become in Gaza? Imagine Hassan Nasrallah had the Hezbollah leader chosen to stay out of the bunker last week. The IDF seized his lines of communication in the Philadelphi Corridor and demolished all but one of the Hamas leader’s Gaza brigades.
And now it turns out that the IDF eliminated Sinwar’s partners in crime. Literally, three months ago, which the Israelis confirmed today:
The IDF described [Rawhi] Mushtaha as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s “right-hand man and one of his closest associates.” Channel 12 news reported that he was a long-time cellmate of Sinwar’s in Israeli prison, was freed with Sinwar in the 2011 Shalit deal, and was one of the five key architects of the October 7 Hamas invasion and slaughter in southern Israel.
According to the military and Shin Bet, Mushtaha was targeted in a strike in the Gaza Strip three months ago,…
