Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a recent operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media and officials announced on Thursday, after soldiers randomly encountered him in the city of Rafah. In an X publication, the official account of the Israeli government said that “three terrorists were eliminated” during IDF operations and that authorities are “checking the possibility” that Sinwar was one of them. “At this stage, the identity of the terrorists cannot be confirmed. In the building where the terrorists were eliminated, there were no signs of the presence of hostages in the area. The forces…