The Israeli military has released a drone video purporting to show the death of Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar in southern Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that Sinwar was killed at an unspecified location. Officials in West Jerusalem celebrated the demise of the man crucial to the Palestinian group’s military activities, including the October 7 attacks.
On Thursday evening, IDF international spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani posted a 48-second video on social media, describing it as Sinwar’s “final moments.”
Footage from a drone shows a bombed-out house somewhere in Gaza, with a shrouded figure inside seated in an armchair.
Although Shoshani described the footage as “raw,” the video pauses and labels the seated figure as Sinwar, in a red outline. One of the man’s arms appears to be injured. With the other arm, the man throws what seems to be a stick or a sword at the drone. The object misses, but the video stops at that…