IDF 'checking the possibility' Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza

Israeli forces said they killed 3 militants successful the portion connected Thursday.

The Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency said Thursday they are "checking the possibility" that Hamas person Yahya Sinwar was among 3 radical killed successful the Gaza Strip.

"At this stage, the individuality of the terrorists cannot beryllium confirmed," the IDF wrote successful a station to X. "In the gathering wherever the terrorists were eliminated, determination were nary signs of the beingness of hostages successful the area. The forces that are operating successful the country are continuing to run with the required caution."

The 62-year-old has served arsenic Hamas' person successful Gaza since 2017 and assumed enactment of the group's Political Bureau aft the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh successful Iran successful July.

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