Gaza Genocide27 June, 20262 min read
Netanyahu Says Yahya Sinwar Eliminated After IDF Strike Kills Walid Haniyeh in Gaza
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Walid Haniyeh, deputy commander of Hamas's Nukhba, was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. He was the nephew of Ismail Haniyeh, ex-Hamas leader.
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Sinwar death, Gaza war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a Hebrew-language video statement recorded after Yahya Sinwar's death, told the residents of Gaza that "He destroyed your lives." Netanyahu said Sinwar was killed when he fled from Israeli soldiers, and he called the removal "a major turning point in the decline of Hamas's evil regime." The Gooya News account also quotes Netanyahu saying, "I am now standing before you to announce that Yahya Sinwar has been eliminated." In parallel, The Times of Israel reported that the IDF said an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip killed Walid Haniyeh, the nephew of former Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh, and described him as the deputy commander of an elite Nukhba Force company in Hamas's military wing.
Hostages, strikes, protests
Netanyahu told Gaza residents that "Whoever harms our hostages will have blood on their own hands," and he said "The return of our hostages is an opportunity to achieve all the war's objectives." The Times of Israel said Israel continues near-daily strikes across Gaza even after an October 2025 ceasefire, and it cited Gaza's Nasser Hospital saying an Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinian siblings, including a 15-year-old girl, in southern Gaza and wounded at least seven others. The Times of Israel further reported that the strike targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the camp of Muwasi, killing 15-year-old Islam Moussa and her 30-year-old brother Abdullah Moussa. Separately, ynetnews said the IDF announcement came as Gaza saw what organizers described as a "Day of Rage" against Hamas rule, with Hamas security forces operating on the ground to prevent demonstrations from spreading and, in some cases, confiscating phones from participants.
What comes next
Gooya News quotes Netanyahu saying the loss of Yahya Sinwar is "a deadly blow to Hamas" and frames it as part of an effort to bring the end of the war closer through the return of hostages. The Times of Israel reported that since the ceasefire went into effect, Israel has killed more than 1,030 people in Gaza, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry, whose figures are unverified and which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The Times of Israel also described the enclave as split between Israeli and Hamas control and said that on Friday, hundreds gathered to protest Hamas despite threats from the terror group. In a separate account, Shabaka Ru'ya Al-Ikhbariyya said the Israeli army stressed that its forces deployed under the Southern Command would continue their on-the-ground operations and work to "remove any threat" against Israel.