WHAT WAS CLAIMED
A passport found near the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar belonged to his dead bodyguard.
OUR VERDICT
False. The passport did not belong to Sinwar's bodyguard but to another man who is still alive.
AAP FACTCHECK – A passport reportedly found near the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has sparked false claims that the slain Hamas leader's bodyguard worked for the UN as a teacher.
The UN and the man who owned the expired passport have confirmed that he is still alive and in Egypt with his family - not Gaza, where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Sinwar on October 16.
Two days after the Hamas leader's death, Israeli news outlet Ynetnews.com reported that it appeared one of the two bodyguards killed alongside him worked as a teacher for the UNRWA.
After the IDF operation, images of items found near Sinwar's body were aired on Israel's Channel 12, including an expired passport bearing the name Hani Zourob that identified him as a UNRWA teacher, the UK's The Telegraph reported.
A Facebook post featuring an image of the same passport claimed that it belonged to Sinwar's slain bodyguard.
"Are any of you surprised to find out that among the items collected from the body of Sinwar and his bodyguard, it was discovered in the ID card of the bodyguard that he is a teacher at UNRWA?" the caption said.