IDF spokesman: 'Our job is to find Sinwar and kill him'

Yahya Sinwar attends a meeting in Gaza City on April 30, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari tells the Associated Press that the job of his country's military is to hunt down Hamas' leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.

Hagari made the comment after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the IDF is "encircling Sinwar's house. 

"So his house is not his fortress, and he can escape, but it's only a matter of time before we get him," Netanyahu said.

Hagari told the AP that "The house of Sinwar is the area of Khan Younis.”

“Sinwar is not above ground; he is underground,” he reportedly added. “I don’t want to elaborate where and how and what we know in terms of intelligence. This is not the place to talk about such things in the media. Our job is to find Sinwar and kill him.”