Hot Pursuit: Inside the Hunt for Yahya Sinwar

A recent American media report has revealed that the Israeli forces hunting Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, as well as American intelligence services, have deployed a special ground-penetrating radar in an attempt to map tunnels to understand the tunnel network better and thereby also try to locate Sinwar.

The report also noted that Sinwar was seen on a video in February and that he used satellite phones to make himself more difficult to find. The intelligence forces were nevertheless able to intercept some of the calls.

For the most part, though, Sinwar is reported to avoid electronic communications altogether, preferring instead to rely on a network of human couriers. How the network operates is still unclear.

A similar courier, according to some reports, gave Israeli forces the location of senior Hamas figure Mohammed Deif, leading to his elimination.

The intelligence forces have discovered that Sinwar consumes Israeli media, primarily around 8:00 PM, the time of most major news broadcasts. According to the report, one of the reasons Israel continues to allow fuel into Gaza is the hope that Sinwar will continue using electric and digital devices, eventually giving away his location in doing so. (INN / VFI News)

“Lord, we pray that Yahya Sinwar is quickly captured or eliminated by our defense forces, according to Your perfect Will. We pray that no replacement leader will emerge and that Hamas will be permanently dismantled. We pray in Yeshua’s name that You guide our defense personnel into detecting the location of Sinwar and taking the actions You want with him.”

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