Iran remembers Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a 'martyr' and 'model for the youth and children'

Hours aft Hamas person Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces, Iran remembered Sinwar arsenic a martyr whose imaginativeness for a liberated Palestine would beryllium carried forward. 

Sinwar, the designer of the Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught connected Israel, which prompted the ongoing warfare betwixt the Jewish authorities and panic radical successful the Gaza Strip, was killed Thursday by Israeli forces successful Rafah. 

"He told you helium was a lion, but successful reality, helium was hiding successful a acheronian den, and helium was killed erstwhile helium fled successful a panic from our soldiers," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said successful a televised connection announcing Sinwar's death. 

In a statement, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations compared Sinwar's demise to the hanging of erstwhile Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was captured by U.S. forces successful 2003 and subsequently convicted of crimes against humanity.  

WHO IS YAHYA SINWAR?

Yahya Sinwar, violent leader, speaks astatine a podium portion astatine a rally. Israel said Thursday Sinwar was killed by its forces successful Gaza.  (Mohammed Talatene/picture confederation via Getty Images)

"When U.S. forces dragged a disheveled Saddam Hussein retired of an underground hole, helium begged them not to termination him contempt being armed. Those who regarded Saddam arsenic their exemplary of absorption yet collapsed," the connection said. 

"However, when Muslims look up to Martyr Sinwar lasting connected the battlefield — successful combat attire and retired successful the open, not successful a hideout, facing the force — the tone of absorption volition beryllium strengthened," the ngo said. "He volition go a exemplary for the younker and children who volition transportation guardant his way toward the liberation of Palestine. As agelong arsenic concern and aggression exist, absorption volition endure, for the martyr remains live and a root of inspiration."

ISRAEL’S HUNT FOR HAMAS TERROR LEADER YAHYA SINWAR: ‘DEAD MAN WALKING’ 

A demonstrator holds a motion astir the sidesplitting of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar during a protestation calling for a cease-fire woody and the contiguous merchandise of hostages held by Hamas Thursday, Oct. 17, successful Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas is considered a proxy of Iran, akin to Hezbollah, which is based successful Lebanon, and different violent groups with American humor connected their hands. Both groups person backing and grooming from Tehran. 

Israel has killed apical leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, which began launching airstrikes targeting Israel's northbound much than a twelvemonth agone successful solidarity with Hamas. 

Israel vowed to termination Sinwar astatine the commencement of its subject run against Hamas. Before Sinwar was elevated to the apical person of the group, his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed successful an evident Israeli onslaught successful the Iranian superior Tehran. 

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Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers a code during a programme held aft the sidesplitting of Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah successful an Israeli onslaught and consequent Iranian strikes astatine the Imam Khomeini Husseiniyah successful Tehran, Iran, Oct. 2, 2024.  (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In response, Iran launched astir 200 missiles astatine Israel. The Jewish authorities has vowed to respond. For much than 4 decades, the Iranian regime has meticulously constructed a "Ring of Fire" astir Israel, employing assorted panic groups to widen its power crossed the Middle East. 

Amnon Sofrin, erstwhile caput of the Intelligence Directorate astatine Mossad, told Fox News Digital, "In cardinal Tehran, determination is simply a immense timepiece that was acceptable up successful 2015, showing however overmuch clip is near for Israel, indicating that, by 2040, Israel should nary longer exist. They person been preparing for this moment. Some of the Iran-backed militias conducted reconnaissance with Hezbollah successful confederate Lebanon and claimed they would assistance erstwhile the [Israel Defense Forces] IDF entered Lebanon. 

"However," Sofrin added, "we are already wrong Lebanon, and nary pro-Iranian militia has yet provided help. Iran isn’t giving the bid to its different proxies successful the portion to articulation the crushed warfare — astatine slightest not yet."

On Thursday, Netanyahu vowed to bring an extremity to "the reign of panic that the Iranian authorities has imposed connected its ain radical and connected the peoples of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen."

Hezbollah Radwan terrorists grooming successful Southern Lebanon adjacent to the Israeli border. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

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Earlier this month, drones loaded with explosives were launched by pro-Iranian militias from Iraq against an Israeli subject basal successful the Golan Heights, sidesplitting 2 Israeli soldiers and injuring 24. 

Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.