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OMG, SINWAR was part of the Gilad Shalit trade???!!!!!!!!
“Sinwar was released in 2011, one of more than 1,000 Palestinian freed in exchange for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was taken hostage by Hamas and held for five years. At the time, emotions were mixed over the lopsided exchange, which allowed other violent prisoners to walk free.”
www.nbcnews.com
Holy cow.
GASP.
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Eta/ reference:
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Eta2:
15 hours ago:
www.nytimes.com
The Israeli military calls Yahya Sinwar, the hard-line leader of Hamas in Gaza, the “face of evil.” And senior officers say he is the top target for the tens of thousands of Israeli troops poised to invade the coastal enclave and destroy its leadership.
Long considered a brutal enforcer within Hamas and an implacable enemy of Israel, Mr. Sinwar served more than two decades in Israeli prisons before being released in a 2011 prisoner swap. He emerged as the militant group’s leader in Gaza — its top leadership resides abroad — in 2017.
“Yahya Sinwar is the face of evil,” Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, an Israeli military spokesman, said on Saturday after Hamas assailants killed more than 1,300 Israelis in a brutal incursion that began Oct. 7. “He is the mastermind behind this, like bin Laden was.”
(*That’s the first thing I said the other day, “So this is like a Bin Laden.”)
Mr. Sinwar, who is believed to be 60 or 61, grew up in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit...Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
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More from the above NYT article:
“Mr. Sinwar was released in 2011, the most senior of 1,100 Palestinian prisoners that Israel exchanged for one of its soldiers, Gilad Shalit, who had been captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid in 2006. At the time, Mr. Sinwar said he spent his time in prison studying the Israelis and, eventually, helping negotiate the prisoner swap.
“They wanted the prison to be a grave for us. A mill to grind our will, determination and bodies,” Mr. Sinwar said after his release. “But thank God, with our belief in our cause we turned the prison into sanctuaries of worship and academies for study.”
Six years later, he was chosen to lead Hamas in Gaza and set about consolidating his power. He is believed to have been behind the 2015 detention, torture and killing of a Hamas commander, Mahmoud Ishtiwi, who was accused of embezzlement and “moral crimes” — amid suspicions of gay sex — that Mr. Sinwar apparently feared could compromise the group.”
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www.businessinsider.com
“As Gaza's de facto ruler, Sinwar is the highest-ranking Hamas official in Gaza. He is Hamas' most powerful leader after Haniyeh, who lives in exile in Qatar, The Telegraph reported.”
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Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas CREDIT: Getty Images/Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images/LightRocket
“Sinwar was released in 2011, one of more than 1,000 Palestinian freed in exchange for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was taken hostage by Hamas and held for five years. At the time, emotions were mixed over the lopsided exchange, which allowed other violent prisoners to walk free.”
Who is Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, dubbed ‘a dead man walking’ by Israel?
Long before Hamas militants burst through the Gaza border fence on Oct. 7, Sinwar was seen by Israeli security officials as one of their most ruthless enemies.
www.nbcnews.com
Holy cow.
GASP.
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Eta/ reference:
They need to get “The Butcher.”
Who knows how long that’s going to take.
Eta/reference via @PommyMommy in last thread:
“Yahya Sinwar is a direct enemy of the State of Israel and his genocidal terrorist organization—Hamas—is a threat to the entire world.”
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When A Murderer Becomes A Leader: Who is Yahya Sinwar?
14.10.23
IDF
“In 2018, the Head of the Hamas terrorist organization, Yahya Sinwar, declared to the world: “We will take down the border [with Israel] and we will tear their hearts from their bodies."
Last Saturday, October 7th, Sinwar’s declaration became Israel’s reality”
*much more at link
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3 days ago:
Who is Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, dubbed ‘a dead man walking’ by Israel?
Long before Hamas militants burst through the Gaza border fence on Oct. 7, Sinwar was seen by Israeli security officials as one of their most ruthless enemies.
Hamas' Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, in Gaza City in April 2022. Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Eta2:
15 hours ago:
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s Leader in Gaza, Is at the Top of Israel’s Target List (Published 2023)
Considered a brutal enforcer within Hamas, he served time in Israeli prison before being released in a 2011 prisoner swap.
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s Leader in Gaza, Is at the Top of Israel’s Target List
Considered a brutal enforcer within Hamas, he served time in Israeli prison before being released in a 2011 prisoner swap.The Israeli military calls Yahya Sinwar, the hard-line leader of Hamas in Gaza, the “face of evil.” And senior officers say he is the top target for the tens of thousands of Israeli troops poised to invade the coastal enclave and destroy its leadership.
Long considered a brutal enforcer within Hamas and an implacable enemy of Israel, Mr. Sinwar served more than two decades in Israeli prisons before being released in a 2011 prisoner swap. He emerged as the militant group’s leader in Gaza — its top leadership resides abroad — in 2017.
“Yahya Sinwar is the face of evil,” Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, an Israeli military spokesman, said on Saturday after Hamas assailants killed more than 1,300 Israelis in a brutal incursion that began Oct. 7. “He is the mastermind behind this, like bin Laden was.”
(*That’s the first thing I said the other day, “So this is like a Bin Laden.”)
Mr. Sinwar, who is believed to be 60 or 61, grew up in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit...Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
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More from the above NYT article:
“Mr. Sinwar was released in 2011, the most senior of 1,100 Palestinian prisoners that Israel exchanged for one of its soldiers, Gilad Shalit, who had been captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid in 2006. At the time, Mr. Sinwar said he spent his time in prison studying the Israelis and, eventually, helping negotiate the prisoner swap.
“They wanted the prison to be a grave for us. A mill to grind our will, determination and bodies,” Mr. Sinwar said after his release. “But thank God, with our belief in our cause we turned the prison into sanctuaries of worship and academies for study.”
Six years later, he was chosen to lead Hamas in Gaza and set about consolidating his power. He is believed to have been behind the 2015 detention, torture and killing of a Hamas commander, Mahmoud Ishtiwi, who was accused of embezzlement and “moral crimes” — amid suspicions of gay sex — that Mr. Sinwar apparently feared could compromise the group.”
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The mastermind of Hamas' October 7 terrorist attacks is cornered in a bunker, says Israel
The IDF is targeting the top Hamas official Yahya Sinwar, who is hiding out in Gaza. Israel says he is "a dead man walking,"
www.businessinsider.com
Israel's No.1 Hamas kill target is Yahya Sinwar, the 'Butcher from Khan Younis'
“As Gaza's de facto ruler, Sinwar is the highest-ranking Hamas official in Gaza. He is Hamas' most powerful leader after Haniyeh, who lives in exile in Qatar, The Telegraph reported.”
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Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas CREDIT: Getty Images/Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images/LightRocket
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