Yahya Sinwar he had not eaten for three days before he was killed on October 16, according to an autopsy performed by Israeli forensic doctors and reported by the Israeli press.

Chen Kugel, director of Israel’s National Forensic Institute, revealed that one of Sinwar’s fingers was amputated to obtain a DNA sample for verification, as he was previously imprisoned and had a medical record.

Kugel said Sinwar survived several hours before succumbing to a bullet wound that caused severe brain damage.

After the autopsy, Sinwar’s body was moved to an undisclosed location, according to Israeli reports.

The details revealed from the autopsy sparked widespread reaction, with many noting that it was proof that Israel had launched a “hunger war” in Gaza and that Hamas members were not “stealing” humanitarian aid or food.

“Sinwar’s autopsy revealed that he and his men had not eaten in the 72 hours before their deaths. Dispelling the myth that the resistance was ‘stealing aid.’ Sinwar still defeats ‘Israel’ even after his martyrdom”. the social media user said on social media.

“…I thought Hamas was supposedly ‘stealing’ humanitarian aid?” said another.

Sinwar “remained in contact” with the family

Israeli media reported that Sinwar’s wife and children received text messages from him at least once a month or every six weeks.

The reports also added that Sinwar was taken out of a house that was targeted months ago through tunnels dug by Hamas fighters and transferred to a safe house about a kilometer away.

He was transferred another time, where he was reunited with his nephew, Ibrahim Mohammed Sinwar, and a leader of the Izz Al-Din Qassam Brigade, Rafa’ Salama, but as the Israeli operation expanded, the three were separated in a area several tens of meters away. from the Nasser Medical Complex.

Sources told Israeli media that his nephew accompanied him throughout the war on the Strip and that Sinwar had been staying in Rafah for several months, moving between several areas.

The sources added that Sinwar’s final message was to his family members, where he informed them of the death of his nephew, Ibrahim, who was accompanying him. The message reportedly arrived two days after Sinwar was killed.

Israel has come close to capturing Sinwar on several occasions

Israel came close to capturing Sinwar at least five times before he was killed during a routine military operation in Rafah, the pan-Arab country held by Saudi Arabia. Asharq Al-Awsat the daily reported on Sunday, citing sources inside and close to Hamas.

Three times Sinwar was above ground, and two of them he was underground.

In one example, Israeli forces were just meters away from a house where Sinwar was hiding in Block G in Khan Younis, where he was preparing for a potential Israeli raid.

In Sinwar’s final moments, captured on drone footage released by the Israeli military, he threw a wooden stick at the UAV as it hovered above it, before being killed on October 16.

He wore military clothing, a keffiyeh and carried a gun as he fought with Israeli soldiers in his final moments, contrasting reports spread by Israel that he was living underground surrounded by Israeli human shields.

Sinwar was named head of Hamas after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July and became Israel’s No. 1 enemy after his role in leading the group’s October 7 attacks in southern Israel.

His life has been shrouded in mystery over the years, despite the fact that he spent more than two decades in an Israeli prison, where he became fluent in Hebrew and held top military positions in Hamas.