On October 19, the Israel Defense Forces released footage showing deceased Hamas leader Yehya Sinwar, who was seen with his family moving through an underground tunnel to a hideout just hours before a cross-border attack on Israel on October 7. The video captured Sinwar and his son transporting supplies, including food and a television, while Sinwar’s wife was spotted carrying what appeared to be a $32,000 Hermès Birkin bag.

“The footage reveals Sinwar’s last actions before the massacre,” said LTC Nadav Shoshani on social media. “He was seen moving a TV into his tunnel, hiding under civilians, and preparing to watch as his terrorists committed acts of murder, kidnapping, and rape.”

According to Ynet News, Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Heigari shared details about Sinwar’s escape route before the attacks. On October 6, mere hours before Hamas launched their assault, Sinwar and his family entered an underground bunker, spending several hours gathering supplies, including food, a flat-screen TV, and mattresses.

Heigari indicated that Sinwar constructed a complex underground bunker in the southern city of Khan Younis, which served as his command center for the attacks. The Israeli Defense Forces later raided this hideout in February, discovering living quarters, showers, beds, and communication equipment, which indicated Sinwar had been well-prepared.

Heigari stated that Sinwar frequently moved between Khan Younis and Rafah, with the Israeli military coming close to capturing him on multiple occasions.

The Jerusalem Post reported that Avichay Adraee, a spokesperson for the Israeli military’s Arabic media, shared screenshots from the released footage, highlighting Sinwar’s wife’s expensive handbag. A social media user mockingly noted, “Sinwar’s wife’s bag is last year’s model, which could be considered a war crime.”

Sinwar was estimated to have a net worth of $3 billion. After his death, he was found with thousands of shekels, Israel’s currency, which is also the legal tender in Gaza, where 1 shekel is approximately NT$8.24.

In a related development, a displaced Gaza man named Ashraf Abo Taha recently discovered on social media that the site of Sinwar’s death was actually his home in Rafah. Taha had fled his residence in May due to the escalating conflict and had relocated to Khan Younis. He expressed shock upon realizing that the building destroyed in the drone footage was indeed his former home.

“I had no idea how Sinwar ended up there, and I want to clarify that my family had nothing to do with this,” Taha told BBC Arabic. Upon seeing the footage shared by his daughter, which depicted the house where Sinwar was killed, he initially doubted her claims until his brother confirmed the identification.

“My reaction was simply, ‘That’s my house,’” Taha recalled. “Seeing those images left me in shock.”

He expressed confusion over how Sinwar came to be in his home and maintained that he and his family had no connection to the incident. BBC has verified that the photographs and videos Taha provided match up with the location where Sinwar was killed, although the network could not independently confirm his ownership of the house.

Taha revealed that the property was built with the assistance of siblings and was valued at 200,000 shekels (approximately $53,000). He lamented, “What has happened is deeply upsetting; my house and all my savings have disappeared. Only God can compensate us for this loss.”