Hamas leader Sinwar defies Israel with visit to hostages in tunnels

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar reportedly met with some Israeli hostages held in tunnels in the Gaza Strip. According to Channel 12, an Israeli media outlet, one of the hostages released over the weekend said that Sinwar spoke to them in fluent Hebrew and assured them that they were safe and had nothing to fear following the kidnapping on September 7. last October in Israel. reassuring them that they would be released in a prisoner exchange. The episode, reports Canale 12, was confirmed by Tel Aviv’s security system.

Sinwar’s brother, leader of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, also met with hostages held by the group in the Strip. This news also has official confirmation: Israeli Army radio, citing one of the hostages released from Nir Oz, said that Muhammad Sinwar had found them in a tunnel where they had been held in recent weeks. Sinwar, considered his brother’s right-hand man, was also involved in the kidnapping and detention of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held hostage for five years in Gaza and released in 2011 in exchange for the release of more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners, including Yahya himself. Sinwar.

Source: IL Tempo

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