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Israeli military publishes letter it says was written by Sinwar’s 10-year-old son
The Israeli military published a letter it says Sinwar’s son wrote at the start of the Gaza war.
Ibrahim was 10 at the time, and the letter was addressed to his father, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
In it, Ibrahim said he wanted to hold a rifle and shoot Jews, and described making toy weapons and tanks from paper and cardboard.
The IDF said soldiers found the letter and drawings in Gaza in 2024, and that they show how Sinwar’s beliefs shaped his children’s upbringing.
Sinwar led the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which triggered the Gaza war.
Israeli troops killed Sinwar in Rafah in October 2024, two years before the letter’s publication.
The military released the document to mark the anniversary of his death; the sources give no further next steps.
The Israeli military published a letter it says was written by Yahya Sinwar’s 10-year-old son, Ibrahim, at the start of the Gaza war.
In the letter, Ibrahim says he wants to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews.
The military said soldiers recovered the letter in Gaza in 2024.
It published the document to mark two years since Israeli troops killed Hamas leader Sinwar.
Bild reported that experts considered the letter authentic, while the Times of Israel attributed its contents to a translation provided by the military.
- Who
- The Israeli military published the letter, which it says was written by Ibrahim, Yahya Sinwar’s son.
- What
- The letter expresses a desire to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews.
- When
- The letter was written at the start of the Gaza war, when Ibrahim was 10. The military published it on October 16, 2026.
- Where
- The military said soldiers recovered it in Gaza in 2024; Bild specified a building in Rafah.
- Why
- The military published it to mark two years since Sinwar was killed and said it showed the influence of his ideology on his children.
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Ibrahim’s letter was written when he was 10, according to the Israeli military.
The military said soldiers recovered the letter in Gaza.
The Israeli military posted about the letter on social media.
The military published the letter, marking two years since troops killed Sinwar.
- Letter’s stated author
- Ibrahim, Yahya Sinwar’s son
- Age when letter was written
- 10
- Recovery
- Gaza, in 2024, according to the Israeli military
- Bild’s reported location
- A building in Rafah
- Publication date
- October 16, 2026
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I want to hug you and see you victorious, and I want to proclaim ‘Allah is the greatest,’ hold a Kalashnikov, and shoot Jews
Sinwar’s murderous ideology is reflected in the upbringing of his children, revealing the impact of Hamas’s values of hatred and violence on the younger generation in the Gaza Strip.
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‼️ EXPOSED: A LETTER WRITTEN BY YAHYA SINWAR’S 10 YEAR OLD SON “I want to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews.” In a letter to his father, Ibrahim wrote that he makes “guns, tanks, and Kalashnikovs out of paper and cardboard” in his spare time and expressed his desire to shoot