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IDF Reveals Letter from Sinwar's Son Expressing Desire to Shoot Jews
The IDF released a letter it says was written by Yahya Sinwar’s 10-year-old son, Ibrahim, at the start of the war and found in Gaza in 2024. In the letter, the boy says he misses his father and wants to “shoot Jews.”
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What happened
- 01The IDF released a letter it says was written by Yahya Sinwar’s 10-year-old son, Ibrahim, and found in Gaza in 2024.
- 02In the letter, Ibrahim says he misses his father and wants to hold a Kalashnikov and shoot Jews.
- 03The boy also wrote that he makes guns, tanks and Kalashnikovs from paper and cardboard.
- 04The accompanying drawings show weapons, tanks near the Gaza border fence and missiles or rockets aimed at Israel.
- 05The IDF said the letter shows Sinwar’s ideology influencing his children and Hamas’s values reaching Gaza’s younger generation.
- 06The letter also includes prayers for the war to end, for his father’s safety and for seeing him victorious.
- 07The publication came on Thursday, on the second anniversary of Sinwar’s killing, according to several outlets.
The materials were published on Thursday, on the second anniversary of Sinwar’s killing. Ibrahim also described making toy guns, tanks and Kalashnikovs from paper and cardboard, and the accompanying drawings showed weapons, tanks near the Gaza border fence and missiles or rockets aimed at Israel.
The IDF said the letter shows how Sinwar’s ideology is reflected in his children’s upbringing and in Hamas’s influence on Gaza’s young people. In the text, Ibrahim also asked when his father would come sleep with him, wanted to see him victorious, and prayed for the war to end and for his father’s safety.
Several outlets identified Ibrahim as Sinwar’s 10-year-old son and said the letter had been recovered by IDF forces during operations in Gaza in 2024. One outlet said the IDF spokesperson’s office revealed the letter, while another said it was published on an IDF social media account.
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IDF Reveals Letter from Sinwar's Son Expressing Desire to Shoot Jews
