Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s wife was reportedly spotted fleeing into a Gaza tunnel with a $32,000 Birkin bag hours before the Oct. 7 massacre, Israeli officials claimed.
Sinwar, 61, and his wife Abu Zamar — holding what appears to be a super lux Hermes bag — can be seen helping their two young sons through the narrow bunker hallway at 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2023, timestamped footage released by the Israel Defense Forces on Saturday shows.
“While Gaza residents have no money for food, we see many examples of Yahya Sinwar and his wife’s special love for money,” IDF Spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X, alongside a screenshot of the woman holding what appeared to be a pricey black leather purse.
“Did Sinwar’s wife enter the tunnel with him on October 6 carrying a Birkin bag estimated to cost around $32,000?!” Adraee wrote.
The Birkin is beloved by celebrities and billionaires — and everyone from the Kardashians to Melania Trump have been spotted out and about with similar black leather handbags.
The Oct. 7 mastermind married Abu Zamar in 2011 just weeks after he was released from an Israel prison following a prisoner swap.
The footage shows that Sinwar — the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attacks — made several trips through the tunnel to retrieve belongings, packages of water bottles and pillows.
The video was uncovered a few months ago by Israel forces.
The IDF had been hunting Sinwar since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, finally taking out the leader Wednesday. Soldiers discovered his body while sifting through rubble in the wake of an airstrike in Tel al-Sultan.
Sinwar had an estimated net worth of three billion dollars and was found with $10,000 in cash and an ID for a United Relations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) teacher on his body after his death.
Mocking replies flooded underneath Adraee’s post, according to the Jerusalem Post.
“Did not know that people in open-air prisons use Birkin bags,” one person wrote.
“Sinwar’s wife’s Birkin bag was SO last year. Literally a war crime,” another chimed in.
After Sinwar’s killing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his death would mark a turning point in the year-long Israel-Hamas war. Hamas officials, however, have said that death will only make the group grow stronger.
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