Watan-The Saudi site “Elaph” alleges, citing an unnamed security official, that Israeli security agencies have information and estimates indicating that leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas,” including Yahya Sinwar and his brother Mohammed, along with others, left the Gaza Strip through tunnels between Palestinian Rafah and Egyptian territories.
The security official stated that there is concern in Israel about Hamas leaders leaving with live prisoners to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
He added that Israel has detected about eight large tunnels in recent years capable of accommodating cars and small trucks.
According to these allegations, Israeli military leaders believe that Hamas has smuggled weapons, rockets, drones, and Iranian technologies through these tunnels, in addition to smuggling its members through Sinai for training in Iran and Lebanon.
Exit of Ismail Abu Omar
According to the Saudi website, the Israeli army is investigating how Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Abu Omar, who was recently injured in an Israeli strike, left Gaza. The channel announced on Sunday that he had arrived in Doha after being evacuated on a Qatari evacuation plane for medical treatment.
According to an informed source, Egyptian authorities did not find his name among those coordinated for departure from the Rafah crossing, and his name was not among those who left in recent days.
The website mentioned that Israel accuses Abu Omar of being an officer in Hamas and documenting the Al-Aqsa Torrent operation on October 7th last year.
A recent buzz was created after Israeli platforms on social media posted a picture of a man they claimed resembled Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, after his arrest inside the Strip by Israeli soldiers.
The picture shows a Palestinian man bound and naked on a chair, being interrogated by an Israeli soldier, with white hair resembling that of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, whom Israel considers its top target in the current war on the Strip.
An Israeli army spokesperson told the Hebrew Channel 12 website that the person in the picture, which was indeed taken in recent weeks, is not Yahya Sinwar but another activist.
The Lie of Finding a Substitute for Yahya Sinwar
At the same time, the Israeli army claimed that there are disagreements among the first-tier leadership in Hamas, and claimed that the movement is looking for a substitute for its leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar.
In response to these allegations, Hamas stated that the statements of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant about internal disagreements within the movement’s leadership and the search for a substitute for its leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, are empty talk and blatant psychological warfare.
It added that the occupation’s attempts to fabricate information about the leadership of the movement and the Mujahid Yahya Sinwar are ridiculous and aim to boost the morale of their collapsed army and entity.