By bnm Tel Aviv bureau Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was captured on video by an Israeli mini drone moments before he died in southern Gaza, throwing a stick at the device in an apparent final act of defiance, Israeli authorities said on October 18. Israeli troops who killed Sinwar a day earlier claimed they were initially unaware they had eliminated their top target, military officials said. The operation was not a planned strike but resulted from a routine search by infantry soldiers from the Bislach Brigade in the Tal El Sultan area. ‘He tried to escape and our forces eliminated him,’ Rear Admi…