JERUSALEM: The Israeli navy mentioned on Thursday (Oct 17) that it was checking the likelihood that it has killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar following an operation within the Gaza Strip that it mentioned had focused three militants.
“At this stage, the id of the terrorists can’t be confirmed,” it mentioned in an announcement.
It mentioned there have been no indicators that hostages had been current within the constructing the place the three militants had been killed.
Sinwar, the chief architect of the Oct 7, 2023 assault on Israel that triggered the Gaza warfare, was named chief of Hamas following the assassination of former chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in August.