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IDF Reveals Letter from Sinwar's 10-Year-Old Son Expressing Violent Ideology

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The IDF has revealed a letter written by the 10-year-old son of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Ibrahim, at the start of the war. Discovered in Gaza in 2024, the letter expresses longing for his father but also details his desire to "shoot Jews" and includes drawings of weapons. The IDF stated the letter shows how Sinwar's ideology influences his children and the younger generation in Gaza.

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The IDF revealed a letter from Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's 10-year-old son, Ibrahim.
The letter, found in Gaza in 2024, expresses the son's desire to "shoot Jews."
The son also detailed making toy weapons and included drawings of military hardware.
The IDF stated the letter shows Sinwar's ideology influencing his children.
The letter was written at the beginning of the current war.
The son expressed missing his father and wanting to see him victorious.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday released a letter written by the 10-year-old son of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Ibrahim, at the beginning of the war. The letter, discovered by IDF forces in the Gaza Strip in 2024, was published on an IDF-operated social media account. In the letter addressed to his father, Ibrahim expresses his longing for him, but also details how he spends his free time making paper and cardboard models of guns, tanks, and Kalashnikovs. He also declares his desire to "hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews."

The letter includes drawings by Ibrahim depicting weapons, tanks near the Gaza border fence, and missiles being launched at Israel. An IDF spokesperson stated that the letter and drawings illustrate how Sinwar's "murderous ideology is also reflected in the education of his children, and reveals the influence of Hamas's values of hatred and violence on the younger generation in the Gaza Strip."

In the letter, Ibrahim begins by invoking God and expresses his deep affection for his father, stating, "Dad, I miss you so much! I want to hug you and see you victorious, and I want to declare 'Allahu Akbar,' hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews." He asks when his father will come to sleep with him and reiterates his hobby of crafting toy weapons. He concludes with a prayer for the war to end, for his father's well-being, and asks his father to pray for him.