NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 17: A handful of Israeli supporters gather at the Israeli Consulate to celebrate the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on October 17, 2024 in New York City. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was reportedly killed in a firefight in Gaza on Thursday. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by David Dee Delgado / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)The Israeli army said the bodyguard of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed by its forces in Southern Gaza on Friday, close to where the militant leader died two days earlier. It said that Hamdan was responsible for guarding Sinwar and was also the commander of Hamas’s Tal al-Sultan Battalion. The announcement comes a day after the military said it killed Sinwar during a firefight in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Wednesday.

Source: Punch October 18, 2024 23:25 UTC