I thought "yes, that's my house". I saw the pictures and was shocked, says Ashraf Abo Taha to BBC.
He fled his home in Tel Sultan in Rafah in southern Gaza in the spring, when Israel ordered evacuations in the war against Hamas. Since then, he had not heard anything about how his home was doing – until now.
When he saw the pictures from the Israeli military, where a man allegedly Yahya Sinwar sits slumped in a dusty armchair in a nearly completely destroyed apartment, he quickly recognized it. It was the home he had lived in for the last 15 years.
It has made me very sad. I built that house and all my payments are gone. Only God can compensate us.
Why Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar was in his house, he has no idea, he says.
Never ever have I or my brothers or sons had anything to do with this, says Ashraf Abo Taha.
BBC has not itself been able to confirm the information, but reports that Ashraf Abo Taha has shown pictures of his home that match the interior in pictures and films from Israel's military.
