Nadene Goldfoot
Was it the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was the leader in planning the major attack on Israel on October 7, 2023? Sinwar was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Egyptian-occupied Gaza in 1962 to a family who had been expelled or fled from Majdal 'Asqalan during the 1948 Palestine War. He finished his studies at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he received a bachelor's degree in Arabic studies.
In 1989, Sinwar was sentenced to four life sentences in Israel for orchestrating the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians he considered to be collaborators. He spent 22 years in prison until his release among 1,026 others in a 2011 prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
During his time in prison, Sinwar continued to coordinate the military activities of Hamas. Sinwar was one of the co-founders of the security apparatus of Hamas.
Sinwar was a bad dude. He planned and carried out the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers prior to his arrest by Israel in 1988.
Founding Al-Majd (1988): He established and led Al-Majd, the internal security apparatus of Hamas, which hunted, tortured, and killed suspected Palestinian informants and collaborators with Israel.
The October 7, 2023 Attacks: Sinwar was the primary architect and mastermind of the coordinated assault on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 people (mostly civilians) and the abduction of hundreds of hostages.
He also developed strong ties with Iran. Re-elected as Hamas leader in 2021, Sinwar survived an assassination attempt by Israel that same year.
He was widely regarded as the mastermind behind the October 7 attacks in 2023, which was followed by the Gaza war that spilled over to other parts of the Middle East. Sinwar's killing of suspected collaborators with Israel gained him the nickname "The Butcher of Khan Younis".
Now, an opposing Palestinian politician, Sufian Abu Zaida, a senior figure in Fatah and the PLO and a former Palestinian Authority minister for prisoner affairs, said Thursday that he was the previously unidentified intermediary who relayed a warning in September 2023 that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack on Israel. Now we know that Sinwar was already regarded as the mastermind behind the October 7 attack.
Is Zaida just trying to gain attention? Or is he admitting that he was the squealer on Sinwar. It's quite possible as Fatah is the opposition to Hamas. Ideology: Fatah is a secular (non-religious) nationalist movement founded in the late 1950s. Hamas is an Islamist militant and political group founded in 1987 as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and of Fatah !!2006 Elections: Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections, defeating Fatah, which had held power for decades. This upset led to a political deadlock and an inability to form a unified government.
Abu Zaida was reportedly involved in indirect contacts between Israel and Hamas over the return of the bodies of Israeli soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul and the release of two Israeli civilians, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu, who were being held in Gaza at the time. For more,
How has Israel addressed this informant question about Sinwar? The IDF has formally dismissed the officer who served as the Gaza Division’s intelligence chief during the October 7 attack. The officer, who's identity remains classified, challenged the dismissal in court, but ultimately was unsuccessful. Major General Aharon Haliva (2021–2024) — Resigned over October 7 failures.
The Aman) or Directorate is Major General Shlomi Binder, who took office in 2024. The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday announced the promotion of five generals as part of a series of appointments in the General Staff — a forum of senior commanders responsible for the various branches and departments of the military — including the next head of intelligence. The appointment considered the most significant and controversial was for the next head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, after the current top intel officer, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, announced his resignation last month over his role in the October 7 failures.
Obviously, this is not an easy job. I still say that those with room for a fenced yard to their homes need to have a German shepherd dog living in there. I had one when I lived in Israel, brought her with me from Portland, OR. I felt very safe. Dogs are loyal, and their hearing is far far better than ours. Just their barking would alert the owners to something to be investigated.
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