Israel is investigating claims and rumors that Hamas leader and one of the masterminds behind the Oct. 7 massacre, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in an airstrike. Axios reporter Barak Ravid wrote Sunday that Israeli officials don’t have a definitive answer, but the terrorist has gone “radio silent” for some time:
Two Israeli officials with direct knowledge told me Israel doesn’t have positive intelligence that suggests Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead. “It is all hopes and guesses which are based on the fact the Sinwae has been incommunicado in recent weeks”, an Israeli official told me
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) September 22, 2024
The IDF and intelligence agencies are looking into the matter after some media reported he died in Gaza:
Some media claim Sinwar may have been killed or wounded in one of the most recent bombings in an unspecified part of the Gaza Strip, nearly a year since…