Military Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said on Wednesday that Israel is more determined than ever to hunt down Yehya al-Sinwar after he was named the top Hamas leader. Al-Sinwar’s selection on Tuesday as the new head of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamist group came after the previous office holder, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Iran last week.....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
Al-Sinwar had previously been the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where he has eluded Israeli forces for the past 10 months of war. He was one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks on southern Israel that left some 1,200 people dead.
“The change in his title not only doesn’t prevent us from pursuing him, it motivates us, and we will make the effort to find him, to target him, and for them to replace the head of the Political Bureau once again,” Halevi said while visiting Tel Nof Air Force Base.
“We have carried out very important operations in recent weeks, eliminating the most senior commanders of our most problematic enemies, and we are not stopping.”
As fears mount that a retaliatory attack by Iran and its regional allies on Israel is imminent, the general added that Israel was at “peak readiness, both in offence and in defence.”
