Yahya Sinwar, a Hamas leader, used a truck from a humanitarian convoy to leave Gaza.
Now he is probably hiding in the Palestinian city of Khan Juris, possibly in one of the tunnels writes The Times of Israel, citing informed sources.
The publication reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden in a telephone conversation that the current IDF operation in southern Gaza will continue for another three to four weeks. The fighting in Gaza will then become more focused and less intense. Officials have denied reports that Biden has set a deadline of the end of the year to end the fighting.
On December 5, it became known that the Israel Defense Forces were launching the third phase of a ground offensive against Hamas and encircling the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. Israel carried out strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday as part of an expanded phase of its war against Hamas. The day before at the UN the resolution failedcalling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
The IDF is fighting in Khan Yunis, the “main stronghold” of Hamas, according to the military. Most of its residents and refugees are taking refuge in coastal areas or in border Rafah, which is also the target of the Israeli operation.
Today, December 10, the Times of Israel reported the confirmation of the death of a 25-year-old Israeli hostage in the Gaza Strip. A joint statement from Kibbutz Beeri and the Hostages and Missing Persons Society said:
“It is with deep sadness and a broken heart that we announce the murder of Sahar Baruch (25), who was kidnapped from his home by Hamas terrorists on October 7.”
According to the Times of Israel newspaper, the Israeli was kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip. He was killed this week while being held in the Palestinian enclave. According to the report, his grandmother and brother were killed on the day of the attack. Ahead of Friday, Hamas’s military affiliate, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video showing the hostage’s body, claiming he was killed during a failed Israeli military operation.
Live update: IDF says Hamas murdered civilian hostage Sahar Baruch in captivity https://t.co/hlKPAh3J2O . Click to read ⬇️
— ToI ALERTS (@TOIAlerts) December 9, 2023
On the same day, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that two Israeli soldiers were seriously wounded during the hostage rescue operation, during which “we did not rescue a single hostage.”
According to Israeli press reports, 138 of the approximately 240 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 are believed to still be in the Gaza Strip, but the Israeli army in recent days said it had confirmed the death of 18 of them. writes CNN Greece.
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