OAN’s Elizabeth Bolbelding
12:30pm – Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Israel has obtained video footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar hiding in Gaza’s Khan Yunis underground tunnel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently released this footage to the public.
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Israeli television network without attaching video clips channel 12 Authorities say they have obtained footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in Gaza with his wife and “two or three” children.
According to the video: channel 12captured on October 10th.thJust 3 days after October 7th, 2023th Genocide in Israel. Today, the video was finally approved for publication.
Israel has publicly accused Sinwar of being the “mastermind” behind the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel.thBut experts say he was probably just one of several people behind it.
The report said the footage showed Sinwar and his family being guided by operatives under Khan Yunis as they moved from one tunnel to another. The report shows the operatives leading the family into the tunnel with flashlights.
The one-minute clip was taken from Hamas surveillance footage recovered from a tunnel by IDF forces operating in Gaza City.
The report also said that in the video footage, Shinwar appeared to be in good health and was wearing Adidas flip-flops while carrying a bag.
channel 12 The country’s government said last week that security officials believe Sinwar has been “out of touch” for some time, perhaps more than two weeks, and that he is speaking with Egyptian and Qatari mediators while negotiations on a possible ceasefire are underway. He made it clear that he believed he had not been able to contact them.
Hamas installed cameras and was able to capture footage of Shinwar. The IDF is said to have been using the tunnel for operations in recent days.
In a speech before the video was released, IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari said the IDF was holding relatives of Hamas terror leaders and that they were “giving us a ton of information.” ” he said. Hagari also stressed that Sinwar would be found by Israeli forces “alive or dead.”
Recently discovered video footage shows Mr. Sinwar’s first public appearance since the conflict began on October 7.th2023, and the subsequent war in the Gaza Strip.
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