Sinwar in ‘Fiercest Battle’ – Israeli Officer
CrossFireArabia- October 18, 2024
This is what Rozan Qabas Aal Salem, a Yemeni Jew said about the fierce battle that killed Yahiya Sinwar, head of the Hamas Political Bureau in Rafah.
The translation is from Arabic: The Israeli commander of the battalion that engaged with Yahya Al Sinwar (#يحيى_السنوار) says that the battalion fought the fiercest battle in its history with Sinwar for three days while he was moving between a number of buildings.
During these days he engaged in a clash with Al-Yassin shells, sniper weapons and Kalashnikovs.
After he was killed and they entered the area, they were surprised to find that only Sinwar and few fighters there and were shocked by their resistance.
Israel Killed Sinwar Through Accident
- CrossFireArabia
- October 18, 2024
Hamas announced today that its leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces. Sinwar, who has been described as the man whom Israel fears, was killed in what appears to have been an accidental encounter. Rather than being the result of a meticulously planned assassination, Sinwar’s martyrdom came after he directly engaged with Israeli troops after he found them, according to Israeli Walla.
On the day of the incident, Sinwar appeared in plain view, attacking Israeli soldiers with gunfire and grenades. He managed to wound several troops before retreating into a nearby building. From there, the Hamas leader continued to launch makeshift weapons, including rocks and sticks, as well as grenades, at the soldiers stationed at a distance. The Israeli soldiers, who were not aware that they were fighting their most wanted man, shelled the building.
This unexpected and fierce engagement is a sharp contrast to Israel’s earlier intelligence efforts, which had previously claimed that it pinpointed Sinwar’s whereabouts but refrained from action due to ‘concerns over the safety of Israeli prisoners’.
Reports from The Jewish Chronicle in August 2023 alleged that Israeli intelligence had multiple chances to kill Sinwar after locating his hiding tunnels in Gaza. However, Israel did not kill Sinwar claiming that he was using Israeli prisoners as human shields.
Sinwar Killed Whilst Fighting in Battle
- CrossFireArabia
- October 18, 2024
A source said the late martyr Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas political bureau, was at the forefront of Al Aqsa Flood that began on 7 October, 2023.
According to the Quds Press News Agency, the source revealed that “leader Sinwar used to move between all the ‘combat sites’ in the Gaza Strip, fighting heroic battles with his men in eastern Khan Yunis, to the eastern sector of Rafah, steadfast and firm on the proud land of Gaza whilst defending the land of Palestine and its sanctities”.
He continued: “The martyrdom of Sinwar in Rafah confirms he was in the forefront of the defensive ranks of the resistance and was martyred in an area of operations and activity against the criminal Zionist army”.
The source stressed “his martyrdom in a battle above ground refutes the rumors of the enemy about him hiding in a tunnel, or that he was taking shelter with Israeli prisoners, together with the lies that spread against him”.
He pointed out “the martyr ascended forward, not backward, brandishing his weapon, engaging and confronting the occupation army at the forefront of the ranks.”
The source stressed: “The Hamas organizational cohesion, and that its Shura institutions are capable of overcoming the blows, and the movement will remain, confronting the occupier until it is eliminated and defeated.”
Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas Political Bureau member mourned Sinwar, saying he was martyred whilst “engaging and confronting the Israeli army,” stressing there will be no return of the Israeli prisoners except through stopping the aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Al-Hayya said in a recorded speech, Friday: “We mourn Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas Political Bureau, commander of the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa, who ascended as a heroic martyr, drawing his weapon.”
He added Sinwar was killed whilst “engaging and confronting the Israeli occupation army until the last moment of his life.”
He added: “Sinwar was at the forefront, moving between combat positions, steadfast and fixed on the land of Gaza, defending Palestine,” according to Jo24.
Israel Bombs Kill 990 Medics in Gaza Slaughter
- CrossFireArabia
- September 22, 2024
More than 990 Palestinian medics were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023, Palestinian Health Minister Majid Abu Ramadan said Saturday.
Abu Ramadan said more than 300 health care workers were arrested, and hospitals destroyed and/or rendered inoperable in Israeli strikes.
He adde the incessant Israeli bombardment forced 130 ambulances out of service.
Five Health Ministry personnel were killed early Saturday in an attack on the agency’s storage facilities in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The Minister described the bombing of health care personnel and facilities as part of “a broader pattern of violence by the occupation.”
He urged the international community and health organizations “to exert pressure on the occupation authorities to immediately stop the aggression, open border crossings for medical supplies, and allow critically ill patients and wounded individuals to seek treatment,” according to the Anadolu Turkish news agency.
Israel has continued a brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack last October despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
Nearly 41,400 victims, mostly women and children, have since been killed and more than 95,700 injured, according to local health authorities
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
