Israel hunts for Hamas leader in Gaza’s Khan Younis

Instead of providing a safe haven, Khan Yunis has become the main focus of Israel’s military campaign to eradicate Hamas, the organisation responsible for the worst terror attack in the country’s history: the massacre of 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in Israel on October 7. Military officials believe that Yahya Sinwar, the 61-year-old Hamas leader in Gaza, and two of his top lieutenants, Mohamed Deif and Marwan Issa, are hiding deep beneath the city in this subterranean labyrinth. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #hamas #gaza #israel #middleeast