The director of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine said Israel In an interview with the New York Times, Chen Kugel said that Sinwar was killed by a bullet to the head in southern Gaza during an exchange of fire.
He added that after the autopsy, the body was handed over to the Israeli army, stressing that he did not know where it was kept.
According to the newspaper, experts believe that “Israel will not bury Sinwar’s body in a known place that may become a shrine later.”
For his part, John B. said: Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington“What I imagine is that there will be a secret burial in an undisclosed location inside Israel.”
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth stated in a report on Friday that, “Until this moment, it is not clear how Sinwar’s body will be dealt with and whether it will be used as a bargaining chip in any future negotiations.”
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 3 Palestinian militants. While soldiers chased them, Al-Sinwar 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 of 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.
- The killing of Sinwar was a strong blow to the Hamas movement, which has been fighting Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip for more than a year.
