The IDF troops operating in Gaza in the incident in which Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was likely killed were not targeting him and did not know he might be in the building where they were operating.
Troops spotted several fighters enter a building in an incident that began yesterday and a strike was ordered against it, which partially collapsed the structure, Hebrew media reports say.
Only after Israeli soldiers arrived to inspect the damage did they realize that one of the three terrorists killed strongly resembled Sinwar.
The IDF is still working to confirm whether the body was indeed Sinwar, but it has not yet been brought back to Israel because the area where it was found is heavily booby-trapped. The body also had a military vest carrying grenades.
A DNA sample has been taken from the body, however, for expedited testing in Israel.
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