Hamas Leader Killed on Rare Occassion Lacked Hostage Shield

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Muhammad Sinwar was almost always surrounded by hostages throughout the war, as Hamas leaders realized this was a strong deterrent against Israeli assassination attempts. Israeli intelligence had long tracked Sinwar but repeatedly ruled out potential strikes on him when presented with the opportunity due to fears there were hostages in his vicinity. For unknown reasons, Sinwar decided on May 13 to meet with the commander of the Rafah Brigade in Hamas's military wing, Mohammad Shabana, as well as other senior commanders, without his usual escort of hostages.

Posted by censored at 09:42 AM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

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Using civilian hostages as a shield is a proud Palestinian tradition, as seen by the conduct of Mo's late brother Yahya, who masterminded targeting 1,2000 civilian men, women, and children for rape and murder on October 7th and is sadly no longer with us spreading joy and cheer throughout the world. Which also explains why Hamas is so reluctant to free those hostages.

Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar's shields, lived for months on energy bars
The six Israeli hostages murdered in a Rafah tunnel at the end of August were likely human shields for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and survived for months on energy bars until they were finally executed, too weak to be moved with the terror chief, a TV report said on Saturday.

The Channel 12 investigation shed light on why Sinwar, long believed to have surrounded himself with a group of hostages as human shields, left the tunnels of Rafah, and was without any captives around him when he was killed by the IDF on Wednesday. It also provided new details on the last months, weeks, and days of some of the most high-profile Israeli hostages.
20 October 2024, www.timesofisrael.com

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-05-25 09:48 AM

IDF 'hero' using Palestinian child as human shield.
#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

More Hamas-BS lies.

You pro-Hamasers like post random images out of context, making up a story, and expecting no one to call you on your garbage, don't you?

No one was being held hostage there. That soldier was surrounded by civilians and reporters.

As seen in the video at www.theguardian.com @4:39, the kid was being placed under arrest for throwing stones with a sling like the rest of that crowd in the video. An act that is a crime and could easily kill someone.

If you don't think that's an arrestable offense you should try doing the same at your local madrasah/refugee center and see where that gets you.

Oh, and a group of girls pulled that kid from the soldier's arms @6:35 in this video: www.youtube.com

Worst "hostage-taking," ever. LOL!

"IDF heroism"

There's about fifty burned out (or burned out and flattened) cars in the picture.
Hamas does not possess that capability. IDF did this to the Oct 7 concert goers.
electronicintifada.net

And for contrast, this article has pictures of cars hit by Hamas.
You can see the cars were hit with small arms fire; they weren't burned down to bare metal with high explosives like the cars hit by IDF.
www.jpost.com

"Casualties fell as a result of friendly fire on October 7, but the IDF [Israeli military] believes that ... it would not be morally sound to investigate"

Well there you go. It's not morally sound to investigate IDF killing Civilians.