In letter said written by Sinwar’s son, 10-year-old expresses desire to ‘shoot Jews’
Publishing document to mark two years since troops killed Hamas chief, IDF says it demonstrates how Sinwar imbued his children with 'murderous ideology'
Marking two years since troops killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the IDF on Thursday published a letter it said was written by the terror chief’s son, Ibrahim, at the start of the Gaza war, when he was 10 years old.
The army said the letter had been recovered by soldiers operating in the Strip in 2024.
“Beloved father, I miss you very much! I want to hug you and see you victorious, and I want to proclaim ‘Allah is the greatest,’ hold a Kalashnikov, and shoot Jews,” wrote Ibrahim in the letter, according to a translation provided by the military.
The letter included drawings by Ibrahim depicting an assault rifle, Israeli tanks along the Gaza border barrier, and rockets being launched toward Israel.
“When will you come back and sleep with your arms around me? I am constantly making pistols, tanks, and Kalashnikovs out of paper and cardboard,” the letter read.
“My Lord, I wish the war would end and that I see you well. May Allah protect you, father. I want you to pray for me. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings,” it added.
‼️ EXPOSED: A LETTER WRITTEN BY YAHYA SINWAR’S 10 YEAR OLD SON
“I want to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews.”
In a letter to his father, Ibrahim wrote that he makes “guns, tanks, and Kalashnikovs out of paper and cardboard” in his spare time and expressed his desire to shoot… pic.twitter.com/hktia46HY9
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 15, 2026
The military said the letter and drawings illustrate how “Sinwar’s murderous ideology is reflected in the upbringing of his children, revealing the impact of Hamas’s values of hatred and violence on the younger generation in the Gaza Strip.”
Sinwar was the mastermind of the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, that sparked the Gaza war.
On the night before the shock assault, he fled to an “underground fortress” in Khan Younis that he had built for himself and his family under his home, according to the IDF.
The military reached Sinwar’s main tunnel in February 2024, but he had already fled, likely to another tunnel in the Khan Younis area and later to Rafah.
According to the IDF, Sinwar spent most of his time during the war underground in the area between Khan Younis and Rafah, surfacing only briefly to escape potential capture while accompanied by bodyguards, and with money and weapons.
On October 16, 2024, troops carrying out mop-up operations in Rafah encountered a cell of Hamas operatives and eliminated them in an exchange of fire. Only the following morning did it emerge that among the terrorists was the Hamas chief. His family was not with him.
Last year, unnamed sources claimed to Ynet that Sinwar’s widow had been smuggled out of the Strip to Turkey, where she remarried. Her children were said to have gone with her.