The IDF published bodycam footage Thursday of the soldier who killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, showing the moment of elimination and the operative shouting 'Eliminated!' in Hebrew. The video marks the first official visual documentation of Sinwar's death from the IDF's perspective.
The IDF released first-person footage from a helmet-mounted camera showing the precise moment a soldier from an elite unit eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, in southern Gaza. The footage — published Thursday afternoon via official military channels — captures the operative shouting 'Eliminated!' in Hebrew immediately after the strike, providing a visceral, on-the-ground record of the operation.
The exact date of the elimination is not specified in the release, but the footage aligns with previous IDF reporting on Sinwar's death circa late 2024. Earlier Thursday, Hamas-media outlets circulated a separate, unverified claim that the IDF had also released full 'headcam' footage of the event; the military's own publication now confirms that such documentation exists.
The Zioneer has previously covered the elimination of senior Hamas figures, including battalion commanders and the Rafah Brigade chief. This marks the first release of raw operational footage of Sinwar's killing by the IDF itself, raising the level of publicly available evidence of the operation's execution.
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