Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms earlier reports that IDF forces are encircling a home in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis belonging to Hamas’s Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, though the premier appears to indicate that Sinwar is not currently there.

“His home isn’t his castle, and he can flee, but it’s just a matter of time until we get to him,” Netanyahu says in a video statement in Hebrew.

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari later says in response to a question about Netanyahu’s remark that “Sinwar’s home is the Khan Younis area” — indicating that no specific building serving as a resident for Sinwar is being encircled.

[This got misinterpreted somewhat as an announcement that Sinwar’s specific residence was under IDF siege. Sinwar clearly won’t be found above ground in any event; he’s hiding in the tunnels, which is why the IDF has begun flooding them with seawater. In a few weeks, Hamas terrorists will be forced out of hiding, and they’ll either have to surrender or get themselves killed. That’s just as true of Sinwar, although I’d bet the IDF wants to take him alive. — Ed]