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Current rumors are that he was holding an AK and was directly engaged in a ground operation, likely in Rafah, however this is all unconfirmed so far. There are also claims this man is not Sinwar.

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Israeli officials claim army has killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Israel's military has said on Thursday it is checking the possibility that it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, while Israeli broadcasters KAN and N12 News cited officials as saying that the Palestinian leader was confirmed killed.

Just a Meloni: Italy imposed full arms embargo on Israel over Gaza ground op moment in c/globalnews@lemmy.zip

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The UK and Germany are still issuing new arms export licenses.

Italy fulfilled their running contracts from last year and (apparently) stopped everything afterwards because every case which was analyzed did not pass legal checks.

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Just a Meloni: Italy imposed full arms embargo on Israel over Gaza ground op moment (www.jns.org)

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“After the start of [Israeli military] operations in Gaza, the government immediately suspended all new export licenses, and all agreements signed after October 7th were not implemented,” the Italian leader stated during a debate at Italy’s Senate ahead of Thursday’s European Council summit.

Meloni told lawmakers that licenses authorized before Oct. 7 are being “analyzed on a case-by-case basis by the competent authority at the foreign ministry.”

“We have blocked everything,” the Italian premier declared, noting that the policies of her government are “much more restrictive than that applied by our partners—France, Germany and the United Kingdom.”