IDF channels reported that Yahya Sinwar, military chief of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and de facto head of the group since Ismail Haniyeh’s death, was killed in Rafah. Reports that no hostages were found in the building where Sinwar was killed highly likely indicate that the Hamas chief was killed in a raid by IDF troops, rather than an airstrike.
The Biden administration warned Israel that it has “30 days” to implement measures
to guarantee significant improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the cost of interrupting
military aid transfers. In September, the amount of aid entering Gaza was assessed as being the
lowest of any month since the start of the war. In the north of the Gaza Strip, aid provision has been
particularly affected by an ongoing IDF offensive in the Jabalia area, where Israeli forces assess
Hamas has successfully begun restructuring some units.