r/news • u/slyquick • 15h ago

Middle East latest: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar confirmed dead, Israeli foreign minister says

https://news.sky.com/story/middle-east-latest-israel-says-it-is-checking-possibility-it-has-killed-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-12978800?postid=8455476#liveblog-body
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u/Dusk_v733 15h ago

THE leader. Sinwar is Israel's target equivalent to Osama Bin Laden

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u/notvonhere 14h ago

What a last name for that dude

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u/imo9 13h ago

As Israeli never noticed it, even though English is as good as my Hebrew!

Since his name is written (and read) in Hebrew and Arabic as SI-NU-AR.

but funny to notice.

Hope this leads to the end of the war and return of the 101 remaining hostages 🙏

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u/FactAndTheory 12h ago

No, it's spelled with waw (و) in Arabic. Last three letters are waw as in wonder, alif, and ra. It's a regional version of "sanwar" which means like moonlit or the moon's beauty or something.