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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger

Why Sinwar’s ‘warrior death’ will win him martyr status in Gaza and beyond

Protester with face covering holding a banner with Sinwar’s face.
A protest in Tunis over the death of Yahya Sinwar. Photograph: Hasan Mrad/Imageslive/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

A discrepancy in the official Israeli account of Yahya Sinwar’s final moments has emerged since his death which appears likely to add fuel to the martyr’s cult fast developing around the Hamas leader.

The Israeli autopsy carried out on Sinwar concluded that he died from a gunshot wound to his head, at odds with the initial Israel Defense Forces (IDF) version which implied he was killed by a tank shell fired into the wrecked building where he made his last stand.

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