Israeli officials believe Mohammed Sinwar, brother of former Hamas leaderYahya Sinwar killed Wednesday, could be next in line for the top job, multiple Israeli media outlets reported on Friday.
Fox News Digital could not immediately reach the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment on the possible next head of the terrorist organization plaguing the Gaza Strip, but according to outlets citing the IDF, the younger brother is expected to take over political responsibilities for Hamas.
Mohammed Sinwar, 13 years younger than his notorious brother Yahya Sinwar, was born in the Khan Younis refugee camp in 1975 after his family was originally displaced following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Growing up in the shadow of one of the founders of Hamas and his subsequent arrest in 1991 over suspected terrorist activities, enabled Mohammed Sinwar to form close ties with top officials in the terrorist organization that remain alive today, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Despite the public’s relatively little knowledge of the younger Sinwar, his operational experience in Hamas allegedly made him one of the IDF's most targeted terrorists of the group.
"You won't find a key event in Hamas's military buildup over the past 25 years in which Mohammed Sinwar wasn't involved," one military source told the Jerusalem Post.
Israeli security officials reportedly said that Mohammed Sinwar is believed to be even more ruthless than his better-known older brother. Describing him as an "arch-terrorist" and pointing to his direct involvement in the torturous interrogations and deaths of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to gain knowledge of how the IDF and Shin Bet – Israel's security agency – operate.
"No one in Hamas understands Israel's covert operational patterns better than him. He conducted all the interrogations himself, learning everything from start to finish," one official told the media outlet.
3 comments:
I remember Americans cheering and Cubans jubilant when dictator Fulgencio Batista abdicated. History repeats itself with jubilant Israelis. Then Castro and now the brother. Replacements more crafty and lethal, taking malevolence to the nth degree.
Israeli PM's home targeted in a drone attack, the first strike from the brother. His forte carefully selected civilian targets. In essence maximize fear.
I am not sure that is a promotion. Israel likely will reach out and touch him.
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