Welcome to the news hour. One of the world's most hunted men is dead. Hamas military

leader Yaya Sinwar was killed by Israeli troops yesterday in southern Gaza.

The news of his killing came today and after DNA testing Israel confirmed the mastermind of the October 7th attacks on Israel was indeed dead.

Those terror attacks just over a year ago killed more than 1,200 Israelis, the deadliest

single day for Jews since the Holocaust.

The war, Simar launched, led to a brutal military response by Israel to destroy Hamas, killing tens of thousands of

Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children. Nick Schifrin is here now with the

latest, Nick.

I'm now for months the US and Israel have dedicated vast resources to try and find

Sinwar who they believed was hiding in tunnels but in the end Sinwar died

posing as a regular fighter not in a tunnel not, not surrounded by hostages, not wearing a suicide

vest, and the Israeli soldiers who killed him had no idea he was there.

And a warning, this story contains disturbing images.

The death of one of the world's most wanted men was in the end by chance.

Yesterday, soldiers from Tank and infantry training units operating in Raffa got in a

firefight. The Israeli military released this drone video as it searched a house.

They saw an unidentified fighter still alive.

And they fired again.

That's when they enter the house and realized they recognized him and found documents and

money.

They took his body and confirmed with DNA tests it was Yaya Sinwar, the military and political leader of Hamas, and the architect of the October 7th terrorist attack.

Israel's top general, Herzi Hallavi, visited the area and credited Israel's plan to push

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