Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar 'highly likely' killed in Gaza, Israeli army claims

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Sinwar, who is believed to have been the mastermind of the 7 October attack on Izrael, became the leader of Hamas in Gaza after replacing Ismail Haniyeh following his assassination in Tehran in August.

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00:00Israel's military is looking into whether Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed

00:07in a military operation in Gaza.

00:10Sinwar, who Israel accused of being the architect of the October 7 surprise attack which killed

00:161,200 Israelis, was announced as Hamas' new head following the assassination of Ismail

00:21Haniyeh.

00:25The IDF said in a statement that at least three militants were killed in a building

00:29and that they were checking the possibility that Sinwar was amongst that number.

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