“Butcher of Khan Yunis” Israel wants to “find and eliminate” Hamas chief Sinwar
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Jahja Sinwar is the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to Israel, the “Butcher of Khan Yunis” is one of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre. Secretary of Defense Gallant promises the “elimination” of the terrorist leader.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has announced that he will track down and kill the head of the Palestinian radical Islamic organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We will find (Jahja) Sinwar and eliminate him,” Gallant told reporters in Tel Aviv. Sinwar is considered one of the masterminds of the major attack on Israel on October 7th. The 61-year-old man is the political leader of the terrorist organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2017. Israel sees him as the financier and trainer of the October 7 massacres.
According to security sources, Sinwar and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif are hiding in the tunnel system in the Gaza Strip. Four weeks ago, its fighters brutally murdered around 1,400 people in Israel and kidnapped more than 240 others.
Sinwar is referred to by Israel as the “Butcher of Khan Yunis” – Khan Yunis is a city in the southern Gaza Strip – for his violent and cruel torture methods against his enemies, both Israeli and Palestinian. The 60-year-old was in Israeli custody for a total of 24 years and also learned Hebrew during that time. In 2011, he was one of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released as part of a prisoner exchange in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Sinwar is said to have left Gaza only once or twice in the past six years for stays in Egypt. “He doesn’t know much about the rest of the world or diplomatic relations, he’s focused on jihad,” Michael Milshtein, head of the Palestinian Studies Forum at Tel Aviv University’s Dayan Center, told Fox News a few days ago. “He believes he was born to promote jihad and kill infidels, that is his approach,” Milshtein said. “I don’t see him running away, giving up or surrendering, he will fight until he dies.”