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Report: IDF tested DNA of bodies retrieved from Gaza to see if they were Sinwar’s; results were negative
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Hamas's Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, October 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
Channel 12 reports that the IDF recently brought several bodies out of Gaza recently and checked them to see if their DNA matched that of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
The tests all came back negative.
The report comes amid unsubstantiated speculation that Sinwar may have been killed in recent weeks. This speculation is solely based on the Hamas leader being incommunicado for a relatively long time — something that has happened at other periods throughout the war.
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