It looks like yet another Hamas leader is about to bite the dust. If the reports are accurate, this individual might want to get his affairs in order as he is the big fish Israel is looking to fry in its effort to wipe out the terrorist organization. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has intensified its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the territory Hamas controls, and has trapped Yahya Sinwar, who is believed to be Hamas’ chief architect of the October 7 assault on Israel that ignited the war.

The Israeli army Tuesday said its troops have entered the “heart of Gaza” and trapped Hamas’ senior most leader there in an underground bunker.

Yahya Sinwar, 61…orchestrated the terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel that killed more than 1,400 people, mainly civilians, Israeli officials have said.

“[Israel Defense Forces] … came from the north and the south. They stormed it in full coordination between land, air and sea forces,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, referring to the ground invasion, on Tuesday.

“They are maneuvering on foot, armored vehicles and tanks, along with military engineers from all directions, and they have one target — Hamas terrorists,” he said.

The Israeli official said Sinwar is now isolated inside a bunker, with IDF soldiers determined to destroy it along with any infrastructure operated by the terrorists.

This development comes one day after the IDF eliminated two key Hamas leaders in Gaza, one of whom also helped to plan the October 7 attack.

The commander of Hamas's Deir al-Balah Battalion of the Central Camps Brigade, Wael Asefa, was eliminated overnight on Sunday by an Israeli airstrike, the IDF and Shin Bet said on Monday.

The strike, which was conducted by an IAF fighter jet, operated on intelligence provided by the Shin Bet and Military Intelligence Directorate in carrying out the operation.

The Israeli security apparatus said that Asefa was one of the commanders of the Central Camps Brigade who ordered the invasion of Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on October 7.

The Hamas leader planned subsequent attacks on Israel in the wake of the historic massacre.

In the weeks after the attack, Lt. Col. Richard Hecht told reporters that “Sinwar is the leader of Hamas in Gaza, and he’s a dead man walking.”

As IDF members continue advancing deeper into Gaza, accompanied by tanks and airstrikes, they have been urging residents to evacuate the northern areas of the Strip in an effort to keep the same and to drive a wedge between Hamas militants and Palestinian civilians.

Israeli officials have paired that tactical shift with another call for civilians to evacuate the beleaguered area, in language designed to drive a wedge between Palestinian civilians and the terrorist organization.

“If you care about yourself and your loved ones, head south according to our instructions,” IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee said in an Arabic-language message directed at civilians. “Rest assured that Hamas leaders have already taken care of themselves.”

Israel called for an evacuation of civilians in the first week of the war, but Hamas officials instructed the civilians to ignore that order. If designed to dissuade Palestinian civilians from continuing to heed Hamas, Adraee’s message likewise continued a recent theme of Israeli officials appearing to encourage Palestinian civilians or perhaps even Hamas members to turn on the group’s leaders.

Meanwhile, it appears Israel’s tactic is working. The Times of Israel reported that thousands of Gazan civilians have been relocating southward in response to the IDF’s prompting.

🚨Happening now: Thousands pass through the evacuation corridor the @IDF opened for civilians in northern Gaza to move southwards. pic.twitter.com/lq7ZpfMiM4

— COGAT (@cogatonline) November 7, 2023

It may still be a while yet before the war concludes. But at this point, it seems clear the IDF is well on its way to eradicating Hamas.