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Yahya Sinwar's wife held $32,000 Birkin bag in October 6 escape footage

 
 The wife of Yahya Sinwar carring a Birkin bag (photo credit: IDF)
The wife of Yahya Sinwar carring a Birkin bag
(photo credit: IDF)

Social media buzzes over alleged Birkin bag in IDF's footage of Hamas leader fleeing to tunnel.

The bag carried by the wife of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in recently published footage of the family was a $32,000 Birkin, according to IDF Spokesperson in Arabic, Lt.-Col. Avichay Adraee on Saturday evening.

"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 in Arabic, Lt.-Col. Avichay Adraee posted on X/Twitter, along with a screenshot showing his wife holding what appeared to be a Birkin bag.

"Did Sinwar's wife enter the tunnel with him on October 6 carrying a Birkin bag estimated to cost about $32,000?!" Adraee wrote.

Earlier on Saturday, IDF spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari revealed footage of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, dated October 6, 2023, showing Sinwar and his family fleeing in a tunnel just hours before the October 7 massacre.

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"For hours, they go up and down, stocking up on food, a television, and other products for a long stay. He only cared for his personal survival," Hagari said

In the footage, Sinwar's wife is seen carrying the bag, speculated to be a Hermes Birkin 25, which tens of thousands of dollars. 

Prior to his elimination, Sinwar had an estimated net worth of three billion dollars, and was found with thousands of shekels on his person after his death.


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“Did not know that people in open-air prisons use Birkin bags,” one user responded to Adraee’s post.

“Sinwar's wife's Birkin bag was SO last year. Literally a war crime,” another user joked.

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