ハマスのガザ地区トップか イスラエル軍、トンネル内の映像公開

【エルサレムＡＦＰ＝時事】イスラエル軍は１３日、パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区のトンネル内で、イスラム組織ハマスの同地区トップ、ヤヒヤ・シンワル氏と家族の姿を捉えたとする映像を公開した。（写真は集会に参加するヤヒヤ・シンワル氏）
　イスラエル側は、シンワル氏が昨年１０月７日のハマスによる奇襲を首謀したと非難している。
　この動画にはある男性が、女性１人と子ども３人と共にトンネル内を誘導される様子が映っている。イスラエル軍はこの男性がシンワル氏で、ハマスとの今回の紛争開始以来、同氏の姿が確認されたのは初めてだとしている。
　イスラエル軍のダニエル・ハガリ報道官は、トンネル内での作戦中に発見した監視カメラの映像だと説明。「ハマスの指導者で大量殺人者のヤヒヤ・シンワルが、子どもと妻の一人を連れて逃げる姿が映っている。地下トンネルを通り、あらかじめ用意しておいた安全な施設へ逃げ込む様子だ」と述べた。
　ハガリ氏はさらに「このシンワルの映像は、われわれの捜索の成果だ。生死を問わずシンワルを捕らえるまで、捜索はやめない」と語った。
　ＡＦＰでは現時点で、この動画の信ぴょう性を独自に確認できていない。
　トンネルの場所は不明だが、イスラエル軍はここ数週間、シンワル氏の地元でもあるガザ南部の主要都市ハンユニスを攻撃している。
　ハガリ氏によると、映像の撮影日はハマスがイスラエルを奇襲した３日後の昨年１０月１０日だという。
　イスラエルのヨアブ・ガラント国防相は今月初め、シンワル氏の最近の動向について「隠れ家から隠れ家へ移動」しており、ガザでの軍事作戦はもはや指揮していないとの認識を示し、同氏は「パレスチナ自治区のハマス指導者から、逃亡中のテロリストになっている」と述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/02/15-17:27）

Israel's army Tuesday released a video it said was of Hamas's chief in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, filmed on October 10 with his family members in a tunnel in the Palestinian territory.
The black and white images showing a man said to be Sinwar being led through a tunnel together with a woman and three children are said to be the first of him since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
Israel accuses Sinwar of masterminding the unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel that triggered the conflict, now in its fifth month.
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israeli troops had uncovered the video in a security camera during an operation in a tunnel, without elaborating on the location.
The footage shows leader of Hamas and mass murderer, Yahya Sinwar, fleeing with his children and one of his wives, he told a briefing.
This is how he escaped with his family from an underground tunnel to a secured complex he had built in advance, Hagari said.
This video of Sinwar is the result of our hunt. This hunt will not stop until we have captured him dead or alive.
AFP was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the video.
It was unclear from the footage where the tunnel was located, but in recent weeks the Israeli military has pounded Khan Yunis, southern Gaza's main city and Sinwar's hometown.
Hagari said the video had been filmed on October 10, three days after Hamas carried out an attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
In response, Israel vowed to eliminate Hamas and launched a military campaign in Gaza that has killed at least 28,473 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
Earlier this month, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Sinwar was moving from hideout to hideout and was no longer leading the group's military operations in Gaza.
He has now become a terrorist on the run from being the leader of Hamas in the Palestinian territory, Gallant said, without elaborating on Sinwar's presumed current location.
Sinwar joined Hamas when Sheikh Ahmad Yassin founded the group in 1987, around the start of the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, against Israeli occupation.
The ascetic militant, known for his secrecy, has not been seen since October 7.
Since then, Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht called Sinwar the face of evil and declared him a dead man walking.
But Israeli forces in Gaza have failed to locate any of Hamas's top leaders.