Moment Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s wife appears holding $32,000 bag as IDF release video and pictures of secret lair

This is when the wife of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is seen carrying a bag worth $32,000 in the tunnel leading to his secret hideout.

The IDF has released disturbing images and videos showing Yahya Sinwar hiding numbly and in relative comfort from his underground hideout as he ordered his terror group to carry out the bloodiest massacre Israel has ever suffered.

Sinwar – who was killed this week by a single shot to the head after being driven from his underground hideout in Gaza – planned to hide in comfort while his foot soldiers carried out the deadliest attack in Israel’s history on October 7, 2023.

He is widely regarded as the main architect of the bloody massacre, in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage by Hamas and other terror groups, according to Israeli figures.

Footage of his wife appears to show her entering the tunnel to the lair, Birkin bag in hand, the day before the horrific tragedy.

More than a year later, there are still 101 hostages in Gaza.

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The IDF also released a three-minute video showing Sinwar, flanked by young children, carrying everyday water bottles, plastic carrier bags, furniture and other supplies through a tunnel to his hideout.

Chillingly, the activity took place in the dead of night, just hours before Hamas launched the bloodiest massacre Israel has ever suffered.

Sinwar can be seen walking back and forth through the same tunnel repeatedly, starting at 10.44pm on October 6 – just eight hours before terrified citizens first reported a mass terror attack.

The first to emerge through the dark tunnel, with power cables snaking the length of the ceiling, are two young children with backpacks.

One is wearing a Barcelona FC shirt and a backpack, the other a blue Ronaldo shirt with the number 7 on his back, and another pink bag over his shoulder.

Behind them stands Sinwar, carrying plastic bags, followed by a woman wearing a hijab and carrying a black handbag, believed to be his wife.

Noticing the camera above, she pauses and smiles before continuing.

A few minutes later, Sinwar is seen again, this time returning with more bags.

At 11:41 PM and in the moments after, Sinwar can be seen carrying water bottles and large bags on his back, in a repeated process that continues for the next few hours.

Sinwar remains chillingly calm throughout and walks at a leisurely pace.

At 12:46 you can see one of the young boys still helping Sinwar, who has started moving small pieces of furniture and cushions.

Nearly an hour later, at 1:32 a.m., the young boy and Sinwar bring in a larger object covered with a gray patterned cloth.

The time on the clock at the end of the footage is 1:32 a.m., just five hours before the first terrorists were spotted entering Israeli territory.

Two images provide evidence of the meticulous planning that ensured Sinwar had sufficient resources in his underground hideout, which was discovered by Israeli soldiers in the Tel al-Sultan area.

They show how the Hamas leader was able to watch his terror group’s exploits on a wall-mounted television from the comfort of a makeshift sofa with cushions and cushions.

Fans anchored to the walls kept the hot and humid temperatures steady during the warmer months, while a clock, reading books, chairs and other supplies scattered around the room helped him stay underground.

A second image shows several more chairs, a Hamas flag – and even a makeshift clothesline.

A unit of the IDF’s 828th Bislamach Brigade was patrolling in Tal al-Sultan, an area of ​​Rafah, on Wednesday morning when it encountered a group of three Hamas fighters on the street and engaged them in a firefight.

The terrorists were “on the run” and moved from house to house, the IDF said, and became split up.

One of them, since identified as Sinwar, “ran into one of the buildings alone.” He went to the second floor and troops responded by firing a tank shell in his direction.

According to Israeli media, the unit, consisting of infantry commanders and reservists in training, then began searching the area.

Two grenades were thrown at them, one of which exploded while the other did not go off, Ynet reports.

The troops decided it was too dangerous to continue and withdrew. Instead, they sent a mini-drone to track the fleeing fighter.

Dramatic footage released by the IDF shows the bloodied Sinwar, his face hidden by a scarf, throwing a stick in a last-ditch effort to defend himself from the drone, just seconds before he was killed.

Two 120mm tank shells struck the building, as did a surface-to-surface Matador rocket, according to Israeli reports, sending shrapnel flying across the upper floors.

Unaware that they had eliminated Israel’s main target, the soldiers did not return to the site until Thursday morning, when soldiers from the 450th Infantry Battalion were sent to take a closer look.

As they inspected the dead, they realized one bore a striking resemblance to the Hamas leader.

Graphic images emerged of his corpse lying on the rubble surrounded by Israeli soldiers, while close-ups showed a catastrophic head wound and multiple wounds.

He was found with a gun, a body armor and 40,000 shekels (£8,250).

“Yahya Sinouar had a lot of cash and fake passports with him, he was ready to flee,” Israeli army spokesman Colonel Olivier Rafowicz told French news channel CNEWS.

He claimed that the items Sinwar was carrying, which reportedly included a map from UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, “could show that he was prepared to flee and leave Gaza and its men behind.”

Body traps in the area forced the corpse to remain in place, but part of one of its fingers was removed and sent for examination.

Confirmation of his death took several hours, multiple tests were performed and his identity was finally confirmed with dental records and fingerprints.

Four hours after confirming it was investigating whether the Hamas leader had been killed, the military published a simple message on social media: “Eliminated: Yahya Sinwar.”

Sinwar had been a prime target for Israeli forces since October 7, but Israel reportedly hesitated to carry out an assassination attempt, amid reports that he was surrounded by Israeli hostages and carrying a bag full of explosives.

It is believed that Sinwar had been moving from place to place without the hostages since late August, when six abductees – Carmel Gat, Hirsch Goldberg-Poulin, Alex Lubnov, Almog Sarosi, Uri Danino and the late Aden Yerushalmi – were found dead. in a tunnel, according to a new report from N12.

Israeli forces reported no sign of hostages at the site where he was killed.

IDF spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari confirmed the death of the Hamas leader in a televised statement on Thursday evening.

He said: ‘Sinwar was responsible for the most brutal attack on Israel in our history when terrorists from Gaza invaded Israel, slaughtered Israelis in their homes, raped our women, burned entire families alive and took over 250 men, women and children, babies. taken hostage by Gaza.

“For the past year, Sinwar tried to escape justice. He failed. We said we would find him and bring him to justice, and we did.

“It was Yahya Sinwar who decided to go to war with Israel while hiding behind civilians in Gaza.”

He added that 101 hostages remain in captivity under “cruel conditions.”