Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar relocates in Gaza following Nasrallah's elimination

Israel had been investigating one week ago whether Sinwar was killed in an IDF strike in the Gaza Strip, but there was no positive intelligence to support such a report.

 Yahya Sinwar, former leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement at a meeting with members of Palestinian factions at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022 (photo credit: ATTIA MUHAMMED/FLASH90)
Yahya Sinwar, former leader of the Palestinian Hamas Islamist movement at a meeting with members of Palestinian factions at Hamas President's office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022
(photo credit: ATTIA MUHAMMED/FLASH90)

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has relocated within the Gaza Strip after learning about the Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, according to a Saturday report by Saudi state-owned television channel Al Arabiya.

The report also claimed that Sinwar's security circles have changed in the past few days and that Hamas leaders also reportedly decided to stop communicating with high officials abroad and have canceled all their meetings in Lebanon "until further notice." According to KAN, their communication is now only limited to written messages.

Other senior Hamas officials in Gaza also decided to halt their movement in the Strip after the elimination of Nasrallah, the report said. Additionally, Islamic Jihad terrorists in Lebanon also decided to stop meeting and moving from place to place.

Sinwar could've been killed on a strike, no intel confirms this however

Israel had been investigating one week ago whether Sinwar was killed in an IDF strike in the Gaza Strip, but there was no positive intelligence to support such a report.

The IDF also brought bodies on Monday to check to see if he had been killed using genetic testing, N12 reported.

 Yahya Sinwar  (credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90)
Yahya Sinwar (credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90)

The bodies were taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir to check their DNA against Sinwar's; the results were negative.

Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.