Despite heavy war losses, Sinwar brags to Hamas officials in Qatar that he ‘has the Israelis right where we want them’ – WSJ

Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar believes that Hamas is winning the war it started against Israel on October 7, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Despite the successes enjoyed by Israeli troops in the Palestinian enclave where it says it has killed some 12,000 Hamas operatives since the start of the war, the WSJ reports that Sinwar recently informed the senior Hamas officials in Qatar that his ruling terror group “has the Israelis right where we want them.”

According to the report, Sinwar also told the Hamas officials that the terror group is prepared for Israel’s expected operation in Rafah, the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city, and is relying on the high civilian death toll reported by the Hamas-run health ministry to cause enough global outcry that Israel is forced to withdraw.