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qatar official: hamas leader sinwar is still alive

2024-10-06

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on october 6, local time, israeli channel 12 reported that qatari officials responsible for mediating negotiations with hamas on the exchange of detainees told the families of the detainees last week,palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas) leader yahya sinwar now only communicates with pen and paper and no longer calls them

qatari officials also said the decision came after a series of assassinations that killed leaders of hamas and hezbollah, posing challenges to their mediation efforts.

according to reports, qatari officials also told family members that there are likely to be detainees around yahya sinwar, anddispelling speculation that sinwar may have been killed in an israeli airstrike. at present, neither hamas nor israel has responded to this.

yahya sinwar is the main founder of hamas's security agencies. he has become the leader of hamas in the gaza strip since 2017. he is considered by israel to be responsible for hamas's attack on israel on october 7 last year. one of the masterminds. sinwar was convicted by israel in 1988 on suspicion of killing two israeli soldiers and was imprisoned for more than 20 years. sinwar was released as part of a prisoner swap deal between israel and hamas in 2011. since 2017, sinwar has become the leader of hamas in the gaza strip. he rarely appears in public and is known for his "iron-fist" style. on august 6, hamas issued a statement saying that sinwar became the leader of the hamas politburo, replacing ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in iran on july 31. (headquarters reporter zhang zhuoya)

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