Sinwar had been hiding with the 6 hostages who were murdered in August. After Farhan al-Qadi was rescued from a tunnel he decided to leave, the 6 hostages were not taken due to their physical state and shortly afterwards killed when the IDF approached. Sinwar moved rapidly from place to place, believing it was his best chance at survival, and the IDF had blown up so many tunnels he had to hide above ground.
His last position was encircled in the Tel-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, without the IDFs knowledge. As he was cut off from his contacts and running low on provisions, he and two of his confidants attempted to escape. They were spotted by IDF infantry in the area and were engaged. They split up and he was shot in the arm. He hid in the house seen in the video, he was shot at by snipers then the building was struck by tank shells.
His body was found with a combat vest, a handgun, multiple ID cards and passports and 40,000 shekels (10,707USD).
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