Dr. Yuval Bitton, an Israeli doctor, saved the life of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in 1996 and again in 2004 when Sinwar was a prisoner in an Israeli jail. Bitton, who later became the head of intelligence for the Israeli Prison Service, treated Sinwar for a brain abscess. Despite Sinwar's promise to repay the debt upon his release in 2011, he later orchestrated an attack on October 7, 2023, in which Bitton's nephew, Tamir Adar, was killed. Bitton expressed his torment over the incident, revealing the tragic irony of saving Sinwar's life only for Sinwar to be responsible for his nephew's death.
Israeli doctor who saved Sinwar's life repaid with nephew's murder https://t.co/gybST8bSFg
“He had an abscess in the brain, and he was operated on that day.” Yuval Bitton, former Israeli Prison Service Head of Intelligence, discusses the torment he feels after saving the life of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and the subsequent murder of his nephew in the Oct 7th massacre. https://t.co/PL3prXLaYc
Dr Yuval Bitton treated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a prison clinic in 2004, saving his life. Some 19 years later, Bitton’s nephew was killed by terrorists on October 7 in an attack orchestrated by the now-Hamas leader, Bitton told CNN on Thursday. https://t.co/jiCl3u8C5c
Yuval Biton is an Israeli doctor who saved Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's life in 1996 when he was a prisoner in Israeli jail. Biton went on to become the intelligence head of the Israeli prison service. His nephew, Tamir Adar, was killed in Hamas's murderous rampage on October… https://t.co/ajS17k7KT3
Repaying a debt with blood: Israeli doctor saved Sinwar, nephew killed on Oct. 7 https://t.co/UEYQ9A99rm
Dr. Yuval Bitton saved Yahya Sinwar's life in 2004. Sinwar promised to repay the debt upon his release in 2011, only to plot the murder of Bitton's nephew and countless other Israelis 19 years later. https://t.co/zKvnV1TDqA