Moment Hamas leader Sinwar’s smirking wife totes ‘£25k Hermes handbag’ as she scuttles into hiding before Oct 7 massacre
THIS is the moment Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s wife is spotted toting what appears to be a lavish £25,000 Hermes bag as she is going into hiding through a tunnel.
The footage, released by the IDF, shows the terror boss and his wife Abu Zamar calmly heading to a secret underground lair before the bloody October 7 massacre.
Sinwar, who was killed by a long-range gunshot to the head last week, can be seen moving back and forth carrying essential supplies to his lair – while his soldiers carried out the deadly attack.
The three-minute video shows the terrorist ferrying large packs of water bottles, comfy pillows, and other supplies inside a narrow concrete tunnel.
The clip shows Sinwar helping his two young sons through the tunnel as he is followed by his smiling wife who was clutching the luxury bag – a day before the tragedy.
Israel shared the pictures on X writing: “Sinwar’s wife caught in this photo sneaking to the tunnels the night before October 7th – get this – clutching a $32,000 Hermes Birkin bag!
“While Gazans endured hardship under Hamas, Sinwar and his family were shamelessly living in luxury, indulging while sending others to die.”
idf spokesperson Daniel Hagari added: “Hours before the massacre, Sinwar cared only about himself and his family while he sent terrorists for the murderous attack on Israeli children, women and men.
“This was a luxury that the people of Gaza did not have as Sinwar always prioritised himself, his money and Hamas terrorists over the people of Gaza.”
Another set of pictures released by the IDF reveals the underground lair where Sinwar spent months.
The mastermind of the October 7 massacre had his bunker stocked with his favourite Vimto soft drink, plenty of food – including United Nations relief agency UNRWA parcels intended to feed starving civilian families.
The underground complex featured modern toilets, shower suites and a large TV while a safe stacked with millions of pounds worth of Israeli shekels and US Dollars was also found.
Hagari said that when Sinwar’s hideout in Khan Younis was uncovered, it was filled with “supplies meant for a long stay”, which included “a lot of money, food, beds, documents, a shower and a kitchen”.
TERROR CHIEF’S DEATH
The video was released just days after Sinwar’s death by Israeli troops in Rafah last week in a devastating blow for the terror group.
Drone camera pictures released by the IDF, showed Sinwar in a bombed-out building.
He can be seen slumped in a dirty armchair with a badly injured hand.
Shocking footage shows evil Sinwar desperately trying to fight off a drone with a stick moments before he died.
Israeli troops didn’t realise they had taken out Sinwar until after he was killed.
IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on Thursday: “We fired on the building and went in to search.
“We found him [Sinwar] with a flak jacket and a gun and NIS 40,000.
“He was fleeing from house to house, we identified him as a terrorist, we closed in professionally and eliminated him.”
Hagari said Sinwar was likely moving around in tunnels around southern Gaza for some time before he died.
Inside the twisted life of Yahya Sinwar
By Nick Parker, Foreign Editor
HIS life was saved twice by Israel – but the monster dubbed “The Hamas Bin Laden” repaid his sworn enemy by masterminding the October 7 horror.
Yahya Sinwar, 61, spent 22 years in an Israeli prison for terrorist murder and kidnap plots and spent every second honing his burning hatred for his captors.
His astonishing rise to the top of the Hamas terror tree came despite being sentenced to four life sentences in 1989 for planning the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinians he suspected of working with Israel.
The bearded beast’s life was first saved when he was cured of cancer by an operation in a prison.
Then in 2011 he was freed, among 1,026 others, in a prisoner exchange for a single Israeli soldier in a deal that has been damned by his thousands of victims ever since.
Sinwar taught himself Hebrew and became fluent during his multiple stints as a caged man.
He began reading and studying every Israeli newspaper to probe the weak spots in his enemy’s armour.
The terror master’s deep knowledge of what makes Israelis tick led him to realise the power of the hostage-taking tactic now traumatising the strife-torn Jewish nation.
Yet despite his blood lust and bravado, the Hamas commander “cried like a baby” when he learned he had cancer, his jailer Lieutenant Betty Lahat has revealed.
The terrorist was probably trying “to escape to the north, to safer areas”, when the army closed in, he explained.
Gruesome images shared online appeared to show Sinwar’s corpse with a huge head and leg wound buried in rubble at the strike area.
The IDF confirmed it was Sinwar after DNA and dental tests on his remains.
An autopsy findings reveal Sinwar was likely killed by a long-range gunshot wound to the head.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and top army officials repeatedly vowed to take out Sinwar after he orchestrated last year’s atrocity on October 7.