Watan-The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (official) reported on Friday that tests conducted by the Israeli army on the body of the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar showed that his blood was free of any traces of narcotic substances.
This was mentioned in a report published by the authority, which stated that it highlighted “interesting findings” regarding the final report on the autopsy of Sinwar’s body, prepared by the Israeli army.
According to the Israeli authority: “In recent days, the Israeli army prepared the final report on the autopsy of the former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s body. The tests conducted by the army included a wide range of narcotic substances, and all results came back negative.”
It added: “One of the most prominent findings in the report was that the only substance found in high concentration in Sinwar’s blood was caffeine.”
Israeli Report: No Drugs Found in Sinwar’s Blood
Caffeine is found in various foods and beverages and occurs naturally in coffee beans.
In October 2024, nearly a year after the start of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation and the subsequent devastating Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, Sinwar was assassinated in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, by Israeli army gunfire while he was fighting.
Israeli media circulated images of personal belongings documented by Israeli soldiers that were found with Sinwar at the time of his assassination. The items included “a prayer bead (misbaha), a small bottle of perfume, a piece of candy, prayer booklets, a small flashlight, and a bladed weapon.”
The analysis report of Sinwar’s body debunks any Israeli claims attempting to discredit Hamas fighters. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority, in its report today, considered the absence of traces of the drug Captagon to be a “surprise” for the Israeli army.
It continued: “According to the toxicology tests conducted on Sinwar’s blood, the results were surprising and intriguing, as no traces of narcotic substances, including Captagon, were found.”
Tel Aviv has previously claimed that Captagon “was suspected to have been used by Hamas elite fighters.”
The Broadcasting Authority considered the report, which the army recently completed regarding Sinwar’s blood analysis, to have “significant intelligence and strategic implications.”
It added: “Senior figures in the Israeli army are currently studying the report in all its intelligence and strategic dimensions. While not all details have been disclosed, it is clear that the document could influence future military and political decisions,” without providing further details.
Mohammad Sinwar’s Demand for Yahya’s Body and Israeli Army’s Silence on Bullet Extraction
The report also noted that “during the ceasefire crisis last week, Israeli estimates indicated that one of the reasons behind Mohammad Sinwar’s (Yahya’s younger brother) threat to collapse the negotiations—or even carry it out—was his demand to retrieve his brother’s body, a request that has not been granted to this day.”
Israel is holding Yahya Sinwar’s body in an undisclosed location.
In this context, the Israeli authority reported that the army “decided not to extract the bullets” found in Sinwar’s head that caused his death, which would prevent identifying the soldier who fired the fatal shot, according to the report.
Last October, the Israeli army claimed that the killing of Hamas leader in Gaza was “purely accidental.”
At the time, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said: “We did not know that he (Sinwar) was there. Initially, we identified him as an armed man inside a building, and he was seen masked, throwing a wooden plank at a drone just seconds before he was killed.”
On October 18, Hamas mourned its leader Sinwar and confirmed his martyrdom in a confrontation with Israeli soldiers. This came a day after the Israeli army and the Shin Bet issued a joint statement announcing the killing of three individuals in a military operation in Gaza, including Sinwar.
Israel considers Sinwar the mastermind behind the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, which was carried out by Palestinian factions in Gaza, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, against Israeli settlements and military bases near the Strip on October 7, 2023. The attack resulted in significant human and military losses for Tel Aviv and damaged the international reputation of its security and intelligence agencies.
As a result, Israel declared that eliminating Sinwar was one of the primary objectives of its genocidal war on Gaza, which lasted until January 19, 2025, leaving more than 160,000 Palestinians killed or wounded—most of them children and women—as well as over 14,000 missing persons.
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