Israel says Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' top leader in Gaza, was killed by forces operating in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Israel 's Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that Hamas ' top leader and long-time commander in the Gaza Strip , Yahya Sinwar , was killed by troops during an operation in the decimated Palestinian territory.In a message the Israel i government said was shared with dozens of other foreign ministers around the world, Katz said Sinwar, 'who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers.
Speaking during a 2021 news conference in Gaza, after a previous 10-day round of violence between Hamas and Israel, Sinwar told international journalists 'the best gift the occupation leaders can give me is assassinating me, because since childhood, I was raised in a way that taught me to sacrifice my life for this country.''We are not lovers of killing and death, but we are a people who need our rights given back to us,' he said.
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