Israeli spies are said to believe that a believed-to-be-dead Hamas leader is alive and organized the October 7 terror attacks from a network of tunnels in Gaza.
Mohammed Sinwar was declared dead by Hamas in 2014 and a picture of him lying on a bloodstained bed was published.
In reality, it was a ploy aimed at protecting him from Israeli assassination attempts, and he was one of three to four people responsible for the attacks on Israel that killed 1,400 people, it is said.
“He was 100 percent part of the core team that planned October 7,” a former Mossad counterterrorism chief told the Telegraph.
“He is very important in the military leadership,” the source said.
“He is number seven on the wanted list, alongside people like Mohammed Deif, Marwan Issa and Tawfiq Abu Naim.” “He is an important figure and he is certainly still alive.”
Mohammed Sinwar was declared dead by Hamas in 2014 and a picture of him lying on a bloodstained bed was published
Sources claim this was a ploy aimed at protecting Mohammed (pictured) from Israeli assassination attempts
Mohammed Sinwar is the younger brother of Yahya Sinwa, the Hamas leader in Gaza and Israel’s most wanted terrorist.
He helped free his older brother from an Israeli prison during a prisoner exchange in 2011 and is considered an “expert” in using kidnapping to secure the release of prisoners, according to Ronen Solomon, an intelligence analyst and author of the Intelli Times blog.
Mr Solomon said that Mohammed was now kept so secret that even Gazans did not recognize him.
“He survived six assassination attempts in the last two decades,” he said.
This week, Mohammed’s image appeared alongside his brother’s during a press conference by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
He did not name him or describe his involvement in the October attacks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted yesterday that there would be no ceasefire in the war against Hamas until all hostages were returned.
Netanyahu spoke about the war at a news conference in Tel Aviv, saying Israel “will not stop until we complete our mission” and that its only goal is to win.
He said Hamas had “lost control of Gaza” and now had “nowhere to hide.”
Mohammed Sinwar is the younger brother of Yahya Sinwa, the Hamas leader in Gaza and Israel’s most wanted terrorist
Netanyahu said he was still in daily contact with US President Joe Biden and also had the “political and ethical support” of the American government.
Many world leaders have come to Israel to show their support, but there are “minorities putting pressure on governments,” he said.
He called on the government “not to give in to this pressure” and said: “Our war is their war.”
“No international pressure, no false accusations… will dissuade us from our cause,” he said.
He rejected calls for a ceasefire, saying: “If you want peace, we have to eliminate Hamas.”