IDF targets Sinwar’s successor
The IDF targeted Ali al-Amoudi, a senior Hamas leader and Yahya Sinwar’s successor, in a precision airstrike in Gaza City.
The IDF targeted Ali al-Amoudi, a senior Hamas leader and Yahya Sinwar’s successor, in a precision airstrike in Gaza City.
To avoid digital surveillance from Israeli intelligence, Deif strictly eschewed smartphones and modern technology, communicating instead through a network of trusted couriers who delivered handwritten messages.
Hamas intended to deploy hundreds of heavily armed operatives from primary terrorist hubs such as Tulkarem and Jenin to execute mass-casualty assaults on both civilian settlements and critical military outposts.
Intelligence suggests a multi-phase plan to infiltrate at least 15 Israeli communities simultaneously using mobilized regional proxies.
An Israeli reconnaissance micro-drone played a key role in locating and eliminating Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Israel’s military reportedly had a clear shot at assassinating Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, but declined to take advantage of it, fearing it would lead to deaths of Israeli hostages used as human shields.
Hamas fighters are being kept constantly on the run and defeated in one city after another.
