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Sinwar, who is believed to have been the mastermind of the 7 October attack on Izrael, became the leader of Hamas in Gaza after replacing Ismail Haniyeh following his assassination in Tehran in August.
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00:00Israel's military is looking into whether Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed
00:07in a military operation in Gaza.
00:10Sinwar, who Israel accused of being the architect of the October 7 surprise attack which killed
00:161,200 Israelis, was announced as Hamas' new head following the assassination of Ismail
00:21Haniyeh.
00:25The IDF said in a statement that at least three militants were killed in a building
00:29and that they were checking the possibility that Sinwar was amongst that number.

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