Shugaban kungiyar Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, an tabbatar da mutuwarsa ta hanyar sojojin Isra’ila a yankin Gaza, a cewar hukumomin sojojin Isra’ila. Sinwar ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Hamas tun daga shekarar 2017 kuma an yi masa lakabi da ‘mastermind’ na harin da kungiyar Hamas ta kai kan Isra’ila a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2023, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 1,200 a Isra’ila na kuma sace wa 251.
An yi harin ne a wani gini a birnin Rafah, inda aka kashe Sinwar tare da wasu mayaƙa uku. Sojojin Isra’ila sun ce sun gano Sinwar a birnin Rafah kamar yadda wata jirgin saman ta ke biye shi, sannan suka kashe shi bayan gwaji na DNA da sauran gwajin.
Mutuwar Sinwar ta janyo magana daban-daban game da wanda zai gaje shi a matsayin shugaban kungiyar Hamas. Abokin hamayyarsa, Mohamed Sinwar, ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda ake zarginsa da zama shugaban kungiyar, amma akwai wasu wadanda suke wakiltar kungiyar a kasashen waje kamar Qatar da Turkiya.
Ministan harkan waje na Isra’ila, Benjamin Netanyahu, ya ce babban aikinsa shi ne kawo karshen sace-sacen da ake yi a Gaza. Shugaban Amurka, Joe Biden, ya kuma bayyana bukatar ci gaba da tattaunawar kawo karshen rikicin.