IDF Reveals Letter from Sinwar's Son Expressing Desire to Shoot Jews

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The IDF revealed a letter from Ibrahim Sinwar, the 10-year-old son of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, written at the war's start. Discovered in Gaza in 2024, the letter expresses missing his father and a desire to "hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews." It also includes drawings of weapons and missiles. The IDF stated the letter shows Sinwar's ideology influencing his children and Hamas's impact on Gaza's youth.

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The IDF revealed a letter from Yahya Sinwar's 10-year-old son, Ibrahim, expressing a desire to shoot Jews.
The letter, written early in the war, was found by IDF forces in Gaza in 2024.
Ibrahim Sinwar also described making toy weapons and included drawings of military hardware.
The IDF stated the letter demonstrates Sinwar's ideology influencing his children.
The military cited the letter as evidence of Hamas's impact on Gaza's youth.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released a letter written by Ibrahim Sinwar, the 10-year-old son of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, at the beginning of the war. The letter, discovered by IDF forces in the Gaza Strip in 2024, was addressed to his father and expressed longing for him. Alongside his feelings of missing his father, Ibrahim described how he spent his free time "making guns, tanks, and Kalashnikovs out of paper and cardboard." He also declared a desire "to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews."

The letter included drawings by Ibrahim depicting weapons, tanks near the Gaza border fence with Israel, and missiles being launched toward Israel. The IDF stated that the letter and drawings illustrate how Sinwar's "murderous ideology is also reflected in the upbringing of his children" and expose the influence of Hamas's values of hatred and violence on the younger generation in Gaza. The full text of the letter, translated from Arabic, reads: "I, Ibrahim, in the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful, my beloved father, I miss you very much! I want to hug you and see you victorious, and I want to declare 'Allahu Akbar,' to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews. When will you come to sleep with me embraced? I am always making guns, tanks, and Kalashnikovs out of paper and cardboard. My Lord, I wish the war would end, and that I see you well. May Allah protect you, father. I want you to pray for me. Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings."