We did not know he was there but we continued to act with determination. Last night the forces identified three terrorists fleeing from house to house on the run. Sinwar fled alone to one of the buildings. 

Our forces searched using a drone. Sinwar who was wounded in the hand and was masked, threw a wooden board at the drone. We went into the building and found him with a vest and a gun and he was on the run.

Hagari also said: Today it can be said that Sinwar's DNA was found in an underground tunnel, a few hundred meters from the tunnel where the six abductees were murdered at the end of August.