ISRAEL is planning a ruthless wave of assassinations to wipe out several more Hamas leaders, says a senior Israeli official. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is thought to be ramping up their efforts to end the bloody war in Gaza by picking off the terror group's kingpins until they finally agree to a peace deal. The official blasted Hamas for not seeking a resolution to end the fighting and returning the remaining hostages after numerous failed attempts to reach a ceasefire deal.
He added the constant refusals has given "Israel international legitimacy to continue carrying out operations to assassinate senior Hamas members and release hostages”, report The Times . Hamas has two remaining terror chiefs hiding out in Gaza in Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif , according to Israeli intelligence. The thugs are on the top of Israel's hit list and are thought to be cowering out in the tunnel network under the battered city of Khan Yunis.
YAHYA Sinwar spent 22 years in an Israeli prison for terrorist murder and kidnap plots and spent every second honing his burning hatred for his captors. His astonishing rise to the top of the Hamas terror tree came despite being sentenced to four life sentences in 1989 for planning the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinians he suspected of working with Israel. The bearded beast’s life was first saved when he was cured of cancer by an operation in a prison.
Then in 2011 he was freed, among 1,026 others, i.
