Is Yahya Sinwar in Egypt? Israel flatly denies reports from the Saudi website Elaph that the leader of Hamas in Gaza, as well as the mastermind of the October 7 attack that sparked the new war, fled to Egypt through Gaza's underground tunnels. “We don't know what is being reported in the news,” said an official, quoted by Channel 12. According to Elaph, the Israeli defense establishment believes that the Hamas leadership, including Sinwar and his brother Muhammed, recently entered Sinai from Rafah achieved. According to the same – only – source, the escaping terrorists may have brought with them some hostages to use as shields.
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Last week, the IDF released video images of Sinwar in a tunnel in Gaza with several members of his family. A video from October 10th. “The hunt for Sinwar will not stop until we have him dead or alive,” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a press conference on that occasion. And now the tom-tom for Saudi news, but security forces continue to search for Sinwar, Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif and his deputy Marwan Issa.
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