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according to israel's "jerusalem post" citing an "exclusive report" from israel's n12 news on september 30, israel had previously had the opportunity to eliminate sinwar, the leader of the palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas), but it was afraid of harming the detained persons. decide not to take action.

according to reports, sinwar has been hiding in a tunnel in the gaza strip after the assassination of former hamas leader haniyeh. israel had previously obtained secret intelligence that provided an opportunity to assassinate sinwar, but considering that the detained persons were in the same area as haniyeh, israel believed that the risk of the operation was too high, so it decided not to take action.

according to a report by the times of israel on september 29, local time, sinwar has not appeared in public for a long time in recent times, and israel has been investigating the possibility that he has died.

the times of israel mentioned that the israel defense forces released a photo of chief of general staff halevi presiding over a meeting on the evening of september 29. in the picture, the tv screen behind halevi can be seen, and the image of sinwar is marked with a "question mark."

"the times of israel" stated that the current speculation about sinwar's death is "unlikely" and is not supported by any conclusive evidence.

according to reuters, sinwar, 61, was born in a refugee camp in the southern gaza city of khan younis. he is regarded by israel as one of the masterminds of hamas's attack on israel on october 7, 2023. on august 6, 2024, sinwar succeeded haniyeh, who was killed in an attack in tehran, the capital of iran, and became the new leader of hamas.