The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday released footage of the luxurious underground bunker where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar hid before he was killed by Israeli ground forces last week.
This bunker is located underground in Khan Yunis, the hometown of Sinwar. Contains In addition to a huge stockpile of cash, weapons and ammunition, there are many comfortable amenities including a private shower and a full kitchen.
Shinwar's bathroom was equipped with various shampoos and shower gels. His kitchen was stocked with groceries bearing the logo of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the controversial United Nations agency that supports Palestine. accused Working too closely with Hamas terrorists.
As seen in the IDF video, Shinwar's personal safe was stuffed with stacks of Israeli banknotes wrapped in plastic.
Israel has long accused Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups of siphoning billions of dollars from foreign aid programs for Gaza residents and stealing food, fuel and medicine sent by humanitarian aid agencies.
What was also interesting was that surveillance camera video From Hamas's tunnel network showing Shinwar's wife, Abu Zamal, was carrying what appeared to be a very expensive designer handbag, probably worth more than $32,000, but some internet sources say it was a much cheaper knock-off bag. It is argued that this may be the case.
The video appears to have been recorded the night before the October 7 attack on Israeli civilians, when Sinwar moved his family into a network of tunnels.
Hamas was able to generate enough funds from foreign aid to the Palestinian people to build a vast network of tunnels stretching hundreds of miles beneath Gaza. According to the IDF, Shinwar was almost captured in a bunker beneath Khan Yunis in February, but was able to abandon it at the last moment and move to another hiding place.
He made it to Rafah, Hamas' last stronghold, but encountered Israeli ground forces as he fled from there. Cornered, killed him last week. israeli army Found In August, his Rafah bunker contained the corpses of six kidnapped Israelis, whom he had used as human shields. One of them is reportedly American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
According to Israeli media reports, Shinwar had been living on energy bars for several months and when he escaped from the Rafah bunker, his human shield was too weak to move due to hunger and he was executed.
of times of london guessed The Israel Defense Forces hastened to release videos of Sinwar's bunker in a bid to counter efforts by Hamas and Iranian mythmakers to portray him as a rebellious front-line fighter. The act of defiance was to throw sticks at Israeli drones.
For some Palestinians, footage of Sinwar's final moments shows a determined fighter wearing a keffiyeh (traditional scarf) trying to shoot down an Israeli drone with his last strength. .
These images, along with photos of Shinwar's unfurled corpse, have been interpreted around the Arab world as contradicting Israeli lore that Shinwar was crouched in Hamas' vast tunnel network during the war, and the IDF has It seems that Shinwaru was unintentionally shown during the war. The vanguard of battle. Israel plans to demolish the house in Tell al-Sultan where he was killed to prevent it from becoming a temple.
New footage released by the IDF aims to shatter this myth by showing that Sinwar “enjoyed a more comfortable life than hundreds of thousands of his compatriots made homeless by Israeli attacks.” He said that there is a possibility that times It is assumed.
“He spends his millions to live a good life here while civilians on the ground suffer from poverty and hunger,” an Israeli Defense Force soldier says on a tour of Sinwar's bunker. said In video.
