New Delhi: Amid the escalating Gaza crisis which has pushed the Middle East on the brink of a all-out war, Israel has launched an investigation to ascertain the possibility of death Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar who has reportedly been “incommunicado” for a quite a long time.
Israeli intel is probing the possibility of killing of Sinwar in a rocket strike on Saturday that targeted a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, a media report said.
According to Israeli military, the attack hit a Hamas command centre, but Palestinian health authorities said that women and children were among the 22 people killed in the strike. However, no evidence has been found so far that can indicate the Hamas leader’s death. Meanwhile, No official statement by Israel is issued about any such probe.
Earlier, media reports, citing Israeli intelligence, had claimed that Yahya Sinwar was hiding among Palestinians dressing as a woman. Sinwar, Assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s successor, who fares up in the list of Israeli targets to be eliminated, left the comforts of tunnels in Gaza to camouflage in public, the reports has claimed.
