Fears 'Gaza's Bin Laden' Sinwar has fled to Egypt with 'human shield' hostages as Israel vows to get him 'dead or alive'

Cowardly Hamas boss Yahya Sinwar may have fled to Egypt after being warned he would be captured “dead or alive”, Israel fears.

Security officials believe the spineless terror chief took the bomb remaining hostages with him to use as a human shield as the net approaches.

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Sinwar, 61, is accused of being the 'mastermind' behind the barbarity October 7 massacre.

Images released by the IDF last week appeared to do just that show under the name Sinwar 'Gaza's Bin Laden' fleeing into a terror tunnel flanked by his young children.

Israeli security officials now believe he and his brother Mohammed crossed into Egypt from Rafah, possibly with hostages still held captive, the Saudi newspaper Elaph reported.

But the claims have been denied by an unnamed Israeli official who said so Times of Israel: “We do not know the information that has been published.”

Reports of Sinwar fleeing Gaza come after it was claimed Hamas tries to find a new terrorist leader while the chef has disappeared from the radar.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Hamas is frantically looking for a replacement for Sinwar, who has reportedly been unreachable for weeks.

Gallant said the group is working to figure out who would control the Gaza Strip because “Hamas' Gaza operation is unresponsive, without local leadership for dialogue, prompting outside leaders to seek a new internal head.”

He added: “Hamas does not trust its commanders, this is a very, very high profile case.

“The Hamas-Gaza station does not answer, there is no one to talk to as leadership on the ground.

“That means there is a tender for who will manage Gaza.”

Israel previously promised to find and kill Sinwar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as a 'little Hitler in a bunker' and added: 'He doesn't care about his people.

And Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht compared him to Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden for his role in the Hamas atrocities.

Lt. Col. Hecht said: “Yahya Sinwar is the face of evil. He's the mastermind behind this, just like Bin Laden [with the 9/11 US attacks].”

The Israelis urged Gazans to kill or extradite the bogeyman themselves, saying this would “hasten the end of the war.”

The fear that Sinwar has fled Rafah comes next Hamas was given a three-week deadline to free Israel's remaining hostages – or suffer a massacre in its only remaining stronghold.

Retired General Benny Gantz – a powerful member of Israel's war cabinet said troops would continue their feared assault on Rafah on March 10.

Who is Yahya Sinwar?

YAHYA Sinwar spent 22 years in an Israeli prison for terrorist murders and kidnapping plots, spending every second honing his burning hatred for his captors.

His astonishing rise to the top of the Hamas Terror Tree emerged despite being sentenced to four life sentences in 1989 for planning the kidnapping and murder of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinians he suspected of collaborating with Israel.

The bearded beast's life was saved for the first time when he was cured of cancer through surgery in a prison.

He was then released in 2011, along with 1,026 others, in a prisoner swap for a single Israeli soldier, a deal that has since been damned by its thousands of victims.

Israeli intelligence chiefs recounted how the fanatical enemy – even while in prison – killed as many as 15 Palestinians he suspected of treason, usually with a razor blade or machete.

And his jailers told how the evil genius devoted every waking moment to studying his enemy he began to map the conflict now raging in Gaza.

Coward Sinwar went into hiding after the October 7 massacre, in which more than 1,200 people were barbarically killed.

Gantz – tipped for success under PM fire Benjamin Netanyahu – said: “If our hostages are not home by Ramadan (March 10), the fighting will continue into the Rafah area.”

It was the first time Israeli leaders publicly discussed a timeline for an operation in the southern city, where more than half of the area's 2.3 million residents have sought refuge.

A growing number of countries, including Britain and Germany, have warned Israel against any offensive in the city, warning of a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

But Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz has insisted the offensive will continue if the remaining hostages are released.

The former defense minister said: “The world needs to know, and Hamas leaders need to know: if our hostages are not home by Ramadan, the fighting will continue everywhere, including in the Rafah area.”

Ramadan, seen as a fasting month by Muslims worldwide, starts on March 10.

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