Autopsy Shows Hamas Leader, Yahya Sinwar, Was Killed by a Gunshot to the Head
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The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, according to the director of Israel’s national forensic institute, Dr. Chen Kugel, who oversaw the autopsy and described its findings in an interview with The New York Times on Friday.
He said that shrapnel, possibly from either a small missile or tank shell, had earlier hit Mr. Sinwar’s arm, causing bleeding that he was trying to stanch by using an electrical cord as an impromptu tourniquet. “But it wouldn’t have worked in any case,” Mr. Kugel said. “It wasn’t strong enough, and his forearm was smashed.”
Several points remained unclear, including who fired the shot, when and with what weapon.
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The items range from the ordinary, including religious materials, to the operational, including firearms and a map. A number of identification documents were also found, including those of Mahmoud Hamdan, a Hamas leader the Israeli military claimed to have killed in September. The Israeli military said on Friday that this claim was inaccurate, and Mr. Hamdan was actually killed on Friday in Rafah, near where Mr. Sinwar was located.
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According to the leader of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, the man left Gaza for Egypt earlier this year. It was unclear why the identification documents would be near the bodies of Mr. Sinwar and the other Hamas militants.
The Times identified the locations written on a hand-drawn map that the official said was found near Mr. Sinwar. The map shows numerous locations in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of northern Rafah, the same area where Mr. Sinwar was killed. The house where Mr. Sinwar was killed is not included on the map.
How did Israel kill Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?
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On Thursday, news that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, 62, had been killed fighting a group of Israeli trainee soldiers who came upon him by chance first began to circulate.
Both the US and Israel claim their intelligence contributed to locating Sinwar, or narrowing the area where he could move around.
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In Tal as-Sultan, a neighbourhood the Israeli army has already mostly destroyed.
Investigative group Bellingcat has verified the location, using footage the Israeli army shot in September.
This suggests that the district was already known to Israeli troops before their chance encounter with the Hamas leader this week.
------ Post added on Oct 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Scenery 1:
The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, according to the director of Israel’s national forensic institute, Dr. Chen Kugel, who oversaw the autopsy and described its findings in an interview with The New York Times on Friday.
He said that shrapnel, possibly from either a small missile or tank shell, had earlier hit Mr. Sinwar’s arm, causing bleeding that he was trying to stanch by using an electrical cord as an impromptu tourniquet. “But it wouldn’t have worked in any case,” Mr. Kugel said. “It wasn’t strong enough, and his forearm was smashed.”
Several points remained unclear, including who fired the shot, when and with what weapon.
Scenery 2:
The items range from the ordinary, including religious materials, to the operational, including firearms and a map. A number of identification documents were also found, including those of Mahmoud Hamdan, a Hamas leader the Israeli military claimed to have killed in September. The Israeli military said on Friday that this claim was inaccurate, and Mr. Hamdan was actually killed on Friday in Rafah, near where Mr. Sinwar was located.
Scenery 3:
According to the leader of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, the man left Gaza for Egypt earlier this year. It was unclear why the identification documents would be near the bodies of Mr. Sinwar and the other Hamas militants.
The Times identified the locations written on a hand-drawn map that the official said was found near Mr. Sinwar. The map shows numerous locations in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of northern Rafah, the same area where Mr. Sinwar was killed. The house where Mr. Sinwar was killed is not included on the map.
How did Israel kill Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?
Scenery 4:
On Thursday, news that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, 62, had been killed fighting a group of Israeli trainee soldiers who came upon him by chance first began to circulate.
Both the US and Israel claim their intelligence contributed to locating Sinwar, or narrowing the area where he could move around.
Scenery 5:
In Tal as-Sultan, a neighbourhood the Israeli army has already mostly destroyed.
Investigative group Bellingcat has verified the location, using footage the Israeli army shot in September.
This suggests that the district was already known to Israeli troops before their chance encounter with the Hamas leader this week.
------ Post added on Oct 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
