The leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, had been
fighting against the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip for 18 days before
his death as he did not want to stay out of the battlefield, a Turkish
newspaper has reported, citing a source from the movement.
Sinwar was advised to avoid hostilities after he headed the movement's
political office in August, replacing the assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, the
source said.
"However, he did not want to stay out of the battlefield, he wanted to die
in battle. He had been fighting against Israel in [the southern Gazan city
of] Rafah for 18 days and was engaging in a battle with four comrades on
the day of his death, a battle that lasted about two hours," the source
added.
The source also expressed the opinion that Sinwar was alone at the moment
of his death, as other Hamas fighters sought to divert the Israeli military
in another direction. He intentionally covered his face when filmed by a
drone to avoid artificial intelligence recognition, the source was cited as
saying by the newspaper.
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