Yahya Sinwar communicating via handwritten notes: Report

Hamas’s Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar is using a complex system of couriers, codes and handwritten notes to direct Hamas’s operations inside Gaza and communicate with mediators, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The report also said that a “typical message from Sinwar” is handwritten and first passed to a trusted Hamas member who moves it along a chain of couriers, some of whom might be civilians.

The system is similar to what Sinwar and other Hamas officials used while in Israeli prisons.

The report also noted that Arab mediators have travelled to Gaza to receive messages from Hamas. Both Egypt and Qatar are mediating between the group and Israel.