TERROR BUNKER
Moment Hamas boss Sinwar flees into terror tunnel before Oct 7th attack as pics show underground lair with TV & supplies
Sinwar lived a life of relative luxury while hiding as Gaza burned because of the war he started
INCREDIBLE footage shows the moment terror boss Yahya Sinwar fled into secret Gaza tunnels on the night before the October 7 attacks.
Accompanied by his children and wife, Sinwar can be seen moving back and forth while carrying essential supplies to prepare for a comfortable stay in the underground lair.
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For months following the deadly massacre in Israel that left more than 1,200 innocent people dead and saw hundreds being taken hostage in Gaza by Hamas brutes, Sinwar would hide inside the terror tunnels to evade assassination by the Israeli forces.
However, the Hamas chief's time ran out when a trainee squad of Israeli commandos took him out inside a building in Rafah on October 17.
He was forced out of the tunnels as the IDF began raiding and destroying the underground tunnels.
The Israelis have now released declassified footage that shows Sinwar's extensive preparation to live an underground life after waging a bloody war that has turned Gaza into rubbles.
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In the three-minute-long video, Sinwar is ferrying large packs of water bottles, comfy pillows, and other supplies inside a narrow concrete tunnel.
His wife can be seen smiling briefly as she follows her terrorist husband while clutching to what many say looks like a lavish Hermes bag.
Another set of pictures released by the IDF shows inside the underground lair where Sinwar spent months hiding away from the world.
The sweet-toothed October 7 mastermind - found with a pack of Mentos mints in his combat fatigues when he was killed by the IDF - had his bunker stocked with his favourite Vimto soft drink.
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A large TV was found mounted on the wall along with anchored fans, a few chairs - even a laundry line.
His private sleeping quarters also had a safe stacked with millions of pounds worth of Israeli shekels and US Dollars - and a selection of expensive colognes lined up on a bedside table.
The underground complex - believed to be the main living block for Sinwar and his family - also featured modern toilets and shower suites.
And its kitchen was stocked with plentiful food supplies - including United Nations relief agency UNRWA parcels intended to feed starving civilian families enduring daily peril above ground.
Sinwar’s bullet and shrapnel-riddled body was found with fake UNRWA identity papers after he was killed in a battle with an IDF patrol.
The agency - funded by Western taxes - has come under fire after several of its staff were found to have taken part in last year’s October masterminded by Sinwar.
Other images show a Hamas flag hanging on the wall along with a few books and other essential supplies to help sustain his stay throughout.
Sinwar lived a life of relative luxury even while hiding as Gaza continued to burn because of a war he started.
Rear Adm Hagari said the tunnel where Sinwar stayed was close to the underground passage where six Israeli hostages were held and later murdered in August.
He is believed to have used them as human shields.
Hagari added: "The leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization, whoever they are, do not care about the price that the people of Gaza pay. They use them only as human shields and are preoccupied solely with their survival.
"Sinwar was concerned first and foremost with himself and his own survival. An example of this is the cash he kept with him wherever he was.
"Sinwar lived and behaved like a wanted terrorist on the run.
and that’s how he ended his life."
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TERROR BOSS DEAD
Israeli troops struck a building with an airstrike on October 17 - killing three Hamas terrorists.
The building collapsed - and as troops picked through the rubble, they came across a corpse that reportedly "looked very much like" Sinwar.
Extensive DNA and dental tests later confirmed his identity.
His body is currently being held at a secret location by the Israeli forces.
Sinwar had his last humiliating moments sitting slumped over in an armchair in a bombed-out building in the Strip as he feebly tried to fight off an Israeli drone with a stick.
An autopsy revealed that Sinwar was likely wiped out by a long-range gunshot to the head - executed with sniper-like precision.
His corpse was also riddled with shrapnel fragments after a tank blasted the house he was in.
He was discovered by the troops armed with a flak jacket, 40,000 shekels ($10,731.63), and a firearm.
"He tried to escape and our forces eliminated him," Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said during a televised briefing.
Graphic images shared online appeared to show his dead body in the ruins of the struck building in Rafah, with a horrific head wound.
The pictured body appeared to have the same mole as Sinwar next to his left eye as well as similar earlobes and teeth.
Soldiers involved in the strike reportedly did not realise who they took out until they saw his corpse.
His death was later confirmed by foreign minister Israel Katz who said: "Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of 7 October, was killed today by IDF soldiers."
Katz dubbed Sinwar's death a "great military and moral achievement for Israel".
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The army later released footage of Sinwar's final moments, hunched over and wounded inside a bombed building in Gaza.
Netanyahu and top army officials have repeatedly vowed to take out Sinwar since October 7 last year.
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Inside the twisted life of Yahya Sinwar
By Nick Parker, Foreign Editor
His life was saved twice by Israel – but the monster dubbed “The Hamas Bin Laden” repaid his sworn enemy by masterminding the October 7 horror.
Yahya Sinwar, 61, spent 22 years in an Israeli prison for terrorist murder and kidnap plots and spent every second honing his burning hatred for his captors.
His astonishing rise to the top of the Hamas terror tree came despite being sentenced to four life sentences in 1989 for planning the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinians he suspected of working with Israel.
The bearded beast’s life was first saved when he was cured of cancer by an operation in prison.
Then in 2011, he was freed, among 1,026 others, in a prisoner exchange for a single Israeli soldier in a deal that has been damned by his thousands of victims ever since.
Sinwar taught himself Hebrew and became fluent during his multiple stints as a caged man.
He began reading and studying every Israeli newspaper to probe the weak spots in his enemy’s armour.
The terror master’s deep knowledge of what makes Israelis tick led him to realise the power of the hostage-taking tactic now traumatising the strife-torn Jewish nation.
Yet despite his blood lust and bravado, the Hamas commander “cried like a baby” when he learned he had cancer, his jailer Lieutenant Betty Lahat has revealed.
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