Israel 'is probing whether it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza airstrike', say reports: IDF 'cannot confirm or deny' taking out October 7 attack mastermind

Unconfirmed reports person claimed that Hamas' person Yahya Sinwar has been killed successful an Israeli airstrike. 

The claims, archetypal reported by Israeli broadcaster Kan, suggest the panic group's person was killed by an IDF airstrike successful Gaza, though details astir precisely wherever and erstwhile helium whitethorn person been killed are scant. 

Israeli writer Ben Caspit quoted sources arsenic saying: 'There person besides been times successful the past erstwhile helium disappeared and we thought helium was dead, but past helium reappeared.'

Israeli media has reported that the quality assemblage is divided connected whether helium is successful information dead.  

Israeli writer Barak Ravid was speedy to refute the claims, penning connected X that 'Israel does not person immoderate quality accusation indicating that Haya Sinwar is dead.'

He quoted a elder authoritative arsenic saying: 'These are hopes and guesses that are based lone connected the information that Sinwar has been chopped disconnected from interaction for respective weeks.'

The Jerusalem Post besides reported that nary sources referred to immoderate circumstantial assassination operations tally by the IDF to termination the Hamas leader, adding that a 'top root poured acold h2o connected the notion.'

The paper said that the IDF said it could neither corroborate nor contradict the reports, portion the Walla quality tract noted that quality bureau Shin Bet rejected the study and believes that Sinwar is alive. 

Local media reported that the claims were based connected the thought that Sinwar has been retired of interaction with Hamas representatives contiguous astatine ceasefire negotiations for longer than usual. 

This is not the archetypal clip Sinwar is believed to person been killed during Israel's warfare successful Gaza. 

In December, Sinwar was reported to person been killed, wounded, oregon fled to Sinai successful Egypt.

It aboriginal emerged that helium had been retired of interaction with his subordinates arsenic portion of his hiding tactics. 

This week, a missive written successful Sinwar's sanction was sent to the Houthis successful Yemen, successful which helium praised the panic radical for attacking Israel. 

'The absorption is successful bully shape. We volition interruption the enemy's governmental willpower the aforesaid mode we broke his subject willpower,' Sinwar reportedly wrote. 

He is said to person added: 'We person prepared ourselves for a agelong warfare of attrition that volition interruption the enemy's governmental willpower, conscionable arsenic the Bul al-Aqsa onslaught [October 7 attack] broke his subject willpower.' 

It comes arsenic the US admitted that small advancement is being made successful the ceasefire talks betwixt Israel and Hamas. 

National information spokesperson John Kirby admitted that diplomatic teams haven't made 'any advancement present successful the past week to 2 weeks. Not for deficiency of trying.'

He says the person of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, doesn't look to beryllium 'negotiating successful bully faith,' citing the caller sidesplitting of six Israeli hostages successful tunnels nether Gaza. 'But it doesn't mean that we're not trying.'