What do we know about “Beiselmach”?
- It bears the name “Wartime School of Infantry and Group Commanders”.
- It was established in 1974 under the leadership of Colonel Yaakov Hasdai.
- Responsible for training all infantry team leaders and platoon sergeants.
- The brigade has three bases, all located in an area Negev.
- He moved to fight in Rafah last May.
How was Sinwar killed?
- The Israeli army announced that Sinwar was killed by routine patrol officers on Wednesday.
- They were soldiers from the 828th Brigade (Biselmach) They were moving through the city of Rafah when they encountered three Palestinian gunmen.
- As the soldiers chased them, Al-Sanwar separated from the other two.
- Israeli forces later fired from a tank at the building where two of the militants were hiding and at another building where Sinwar was hiding.
- According to Israeli media and military officials, there was no prior intelligence information indicating the presence of Sinwar in the region.
- The Israeli army broadcast a video taken “a few moments before” the killing Sinwar It shows the leader of the Hamas movement sitting on a sofa in a destroyed living room on the first floor of a partially destroyed building. He was suffering from a serious injury in one of his hands while he hid his face with a keffiyeh.
- Grainy footage showed Sinwar throwing a stick at an approaching drone during his final moments.
- The Israeli army conducted a DNA test along with a dental examination and other forensic investigations that helped confirm Sinwar’s identity.
- Sinwar has not appeared in public since the outbreak of war following the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which he masterminded.
- Sinwar’s killing was a major blow to the movement agitation Which has been fighting Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip for more than a year.