Israel was close to killing Hamas chief Sinwar, why did IDF change its plan at the last moment?

By Newscrab Editor Oct 1, 2024, 13:26 IST

After the death of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar is also scared. It is being claimed that Sinwar is constantly changing his location in Gaza. But meanwhile, a report has claimed that like Nasrallah, Israel also got information about Sinwar's location. Hunt Operation was about to begin, but at the last moment the plan to eliminate Sinwar was stopped.

Like Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar's secret location had been traced. The area of ​​Gaza where Sinwar was hiding was cordoned off by IDF's special elite commandos. There was a gap of a few minutes between Sinwar's life and death, but before the hunt operation for Sinwar could begin, the IDF changed its plan to kill Sinwar.

There was a chance to finish off Sinwar

There was a chance to kill Yahya Sinwar, but this was not done. In such a situation, the question arises that why did Israel not kill Sinwar. Why was the hunt operation of Hamas chief stopped midway? Let us tell you that Israeli news outlet N12 revealed in its report that Israel got input related to Sinwar's location.

Israel sent special commandos to kill Sinwar. But at the last moment the plan to kill Sinwar was changed because hundreds of hostages were kept at Sinwar's hideout. Therefore, the lives of the hostages were in danger in the operation against Sinwar.

Why did the plan change at the last moment?

If Israel had carried out an air strike on Sinwar's hideout or carried out a special operation, then surely many hostages could have lost their lives in this attack or Sinwar could have used the hostages to defend himself. He could have killed them. Due to the fear of this loss, Israel stopped the plan to eliminate Sinwar.

Yahya Sinwar was elected the new leader of Hamas after the assassination of Ismail Haniyya in Tehran. Yahya Sinwar is known as the Laden of Gaza. It is claimed that Sinwar had planned the attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which more than 1200 Israelis were killed, while 251 people were taken hostage.