LIVE: Benjamin Netanyahu Confirms Death Of Oct 7 Attack Mastermind Yahya Sinwar | Hamas Chief | N18G

LIVE: Israel-Hamas War | IDF Investigates Possibility Of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar's Death | CNBC TV18 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday that Yahya Sinwar, a senior Hamas leader and one of the masterminds behind the brutal October 7 attacks last year, is dead, according to reports from the Times of Israel. Netanyahu also directed his aides to inform the families of Israeli hostages about Sinwar's death. Security officials have said that the chances that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a strike in Gaza are “increasingly higher,“ Israeli media reported on Thursday. The IDF and Shin Bet (ISA) put out a joint statement on the possible assassination earlier Thursday. “Initial report - During IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, three terrorists were eliminated. The IDF and ISA are checking the possibility that one of the terrorists was Yahya Sinwar. At this stage, the identity of the terrorists cannot be confirmed,“ the IDF said.