Israel has confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7 terror attacks, has been killed.

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Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesman, said Sinwar’s body was found several metres from a tunnel where six Israeli hostages had been killed and may have been trying to escape.

“I believe he was trying to flee”, said Hagari, adding that the Hamas leader was though to have been “running from one underground area to another” and was “trying to run away northwards to areas that are more safe”.

The IDF “closed in on him professionally and took him out”, Hagari said.

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