DEATH DEALER
‘Gaza’s Bin Laden’ Sinwar’s torture tactics exposed in secret docs revealing he’d bury victims ALIVE in poured concrete
One victim was beaten 400 to 500 times a day under Sinwar's watch
BOMBSHELL documents revealing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's barbaric treatment of his victims have recently emerged.
Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip claim to have uncovered a secret document from Hamas' headquarters detailing chilling cruelties inflicted by Sinwar.
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According to the IDF, the file revealed the horrific fate of opposition leader Mahmoud Ishtiwi.
Ishtiwi, the former commander of the Zeitoun battalion, and member of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, came from a long line of Hamas loyalists.
He and his family were revered for having protected Hamas leaders like Mohammed Deif - until Sinwar entered the picture.
Back in 2015, Ishtiwi was accused of "immoral" acts, Hamas code for homosexuality, but unlike others who were quickly executed, the former commander remained under arrest for over a year.
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He was accused of embezzling in connection to this crime, and for passing on intelligence to the Israelis.
Qassam concluded that Israeli intelligence had uncovered Ishtiwi's homosexuality and accused him of offering information in exchange for keeping his secret.
The IDF claim that the new docs reveal the conditions Ishtiwi was interrogated under, the torture he endured, and the allegations he was forced into admitting
After his brutal execution in 2016, Hamas' statement said that Ishtiwi had been sentenced to death for "behavioural and moral violations to which he confessed".
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But, the bombshell docs include notes written by Ishtiwi that appear to reveal that his confession was coerced.
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The notes read: “The fear gripped me without end. I know that I’m lying to who is at the top of the pyramid.
“I know that Muhammad Sinwar [Yahya’s younger brother, a senior Hamas commander] is renowned for his cruelty. He almost buried me in Gaza, in the Shati camp.”
According to the IDF, Ishtiwi went on to detail his torture in the notes.
He wrote: “They would beat me 400-500 times … they held me blindfolded for five days … there were days in which I was beaten for 20 hours, and sometimes 48 hours … I was suspended by my arms and legs, swinging while four men whipped me … I confessed more than once under torture.”
The file also contains a letter that reveals the threats Ishtiwi endured whilst being interrogated by Hamas.
The letter describes how Ishtiwi was taken to an open grave and told that it was his tomb.
He was told: “This is your tomb. We will pour concrete on you until it reaches your mouth — and it won’t be the first time we’ve done this.”
At the time, Ibrahim al-Madhoun, a writer with close links to Hamas, said that Sinwar had used Ishtiwi to establish a sense of power.
Al-Madhoun said: “He is harsher than other leaders – he wants his army to be pure.
“Those who are in the Qassam are the most important people in Gaza.
"There is a need, they say, to show that these people are not untouchable.”
Sinwar's early years in Hamas saw a wealth of allegations against his own officials, he initially focused on "immorality" in Gaza but quickly moved on to vicitimising anyone he suspected of working with Israel.
In 1989 the feared leader was arrested by Israel and sentenced to life behind bars for his murders.
But he was released in 2011 as part of a deal with Israsel - in which over 1000 Palestinian prisoners were exchanged for an Israeli soldier.
Recent documents from the Israeli Shin Bet intelligence service revealed the transcripts from more than 150 hours of interrogations of Sinwar from when he had been captured.
In one of these, Sinwar described strangling one man with a scarf, when he was the leader of the feared Hamas security service, known as Majd.
In another case, Sinwar described mounting surveillance on a Palestinian called Rasmi Salim following claims he had turned his back on Islam and was now collaborating with Israel.
He told his interrogators: "We were driving a white Peugeot, stopped next to Rasmi, caught him, and pushed him in the car.
"We interrogated Rasmi, and he admitted that he was in contact with the Israeli intelligence, with a man named Abu Rami. He also admitted that he used to bring girls to his shop and mess with them.
"We took him to the cemetery in Khan Yunis, without telling him what we were going to do. I tied his eyes with a rag so he couldn't see, put him in a large grave I saw, and suffocated him with a rag I had.
“After strangling him, I wrapped him in a white cloth and closed the grave. I understood from Rasmi that he realised that he deserved to die."
The documents, first revealed by the Israeli paper , suggest Sinwar also told the investigators that although he had a gun he preferred to kill with his hands.
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It comes as Israel continues their desperate scramble to find Hamas' leader - after he "dropped off the radar".
Israel’s military chiefs have vowed their offensive must not end until the terror boss is dead.
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