At 10:00 a.m. yesterday, a soldier from the 450th Battalion of the Bislamach Brigade noticed a suspicious figure going in and out of a building in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood, The Times of Israel has learned. He informed the battalion commander, who ordered forces to open fire on the building.

The IDF opened fire again, injuring the soldiers. Two went into one building, and a third — who would turn out to be Sinwar — went alone into a separate structure. IDF tanks and other forces opened fire on both buildings, ToI has learned. Sinwar then moved up to the second floor. A tank fired another shell at the building, and an infantry platoon moved up to search.

Sinwar threw two grenades, one of which exploded. The soldiers withdrew, and a drone flew in to search the room. It found a man with his arm injured and his face covered — Sinwar — who threw a wooden stick at the drone. Another tank shell was fired at the man.

Meanwhile, Hebrew media has just aired a recording of one of the soldiers involved in the killing of Sinwar. He says that the IDF struck the building that Sinwar was in with a missile and then sent a drone in to confirm that he had been killed.

The Shin Bet took DNA and fingerprints in order to verify his identity. No hostages were with Sinwar at the time.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.mlOP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    20
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    11 hours ago

    But israel told me he was hiding 100 meters underground in a hospital courtyard behind all the hostages

    • Oblique Obscurantist@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      11 hours ago

      Why not post an article from a source that breaks down the response in Israeli media and puts a finer point on this? I just don’t understand the nude links to paywalled/insanely evil MSM stuff

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.mlOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        edit-2
        8 hours ago

        You are right about the link I will change it for an archive link.

        I haven’t seen good articles from non-MSM sources yet but they will likely use this article as a source. This is an israeli source is confirming Sinwar was involved in ground operations so they are destroying their own narrative.

        Israel is machine gun shooting itself in the foot by admiting Sinwar was fighting on the front lines.