Pentagon Confirms US Troops Are Not Involved In Israeli Operations That Killed Yahya Sinwar, Admits Intelligence Information Supply

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The death of Yahya Sinwar is considered by the United States to provide an opportunity to end the war, with the Department of Defense admitting to providing intelligence, but the operation that killed the leader of the Palestinian Hamas Militant Group was carried out by Israel.

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the death of Yahya Sinwar was a great achievement that provided an extraordinary opportunity to end the "terrible war between Israel and Hamas."

"The deaths of Sinwar also provide an extraordinary opportunity to reach a lasting ceasefire, end this terrible war, allow Israelis to return safely to their homes in southern Israel, accelerate much more humanitarian aid to ease misery in Gaza, as well as bring aid and hope to Palestinians who have suffered under oppressing Hamas rule," Defense Secretary Austin said in a statement. a statement, reported CNN October 18.

As previously reported, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Yahya Sinwar was killed in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

"After completing the process of identifying the bodies, it can be ascertained that Yahya Sinwar has been killed," the IDF said.

The killings took place during a land operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah where Israeli forces killed three militants and retrieved their bodies, Israeli Army Radio said.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Israel's pursuit of Sinwar over the past year had prompted him "to act like a fugitive, causing him to move locations several times."

He said the army had visited Sinwar during routine operations without knowing its whereabouts, unlike other operations against militant leaders based on comprehensive intelligence.

IDF spokesman Laksda Daniel Badminton said Thursday's press conference that Yahya Sinwar tried to flee to the north when he was killed in an Israeli attack.

"I believe he ran, moving from the underground complex to the houses while trying to escape north to a safer complex," mitigating IDF forces continued to operate in the compound in Tal al Sultan in Rafah, where Sinwar was killed, without knowing at the time that the old man was there.

"We continue to operate to check whether terrorists did not flee this area," said Laksda koli.

Israeli forces found Sinwar with vests, weapons, and 40,000 shields (Rp166,006,678), an IDF spokesman said.

He added that he said Sinwar's DNA was found in a tunnel a few hundred meters from where the six hostages were killed earlier this year.

The Pentagon spokesman confirmed that no US troops were directly involved in the operation, despite admitting to providing intelligence supplies.

"This is an Israeli operation. No US troops are directly involved," Major General PatrickRIDer said.

"The United States has helped contribute information and intelligence related to the recovery of hostages and tracked down and found Hamas leaders responsible for the hostage-taking. And of course it contributes in general to the overview. But again, this is an Israeli operation," he said.