According to the information received WeatherIsraeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, was surrounded in his shelter.
The location of the shelter is not specified. Galant noted that Sinwar did not maintain contact with his supporters and promised that the militant leader would be destroyed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is carrying out an operation in the center of the Gaza Strip for the first time in decades. Galant announced that Hamas strongholds were attacked from all sides with the coordination of naval and air forces.
The situation in the Middle East has worsened since thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7. More than two hundred hostages were captured.
On this day, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Previously Prime Minister Netanyahu named Israel’s goals in the war against Hamas.