Recent video footage shows slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s wife reportedly carrying a Rs 26-lakh Birkin bag while escaping into a Gaza tunnel. This has got many asking what’s the big fuss around this purse?

The bag carried by the wife of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in recently published footage of the family was a $32,000 Birkin, according to IDF Spokesperson in Arabic, Lt.-Col. Avichay Adraee on Saturday evening.

Israel took to X to share a photo of the Hamas chief's wife carrying a black bag in a Gaza tunnel, which it claimed was a Hermes Birkin bag priced at ₹27 lakh

The IDF confirmed the death of Yahya Sinwar after finding his body post-airstrike. Meanwhile, right-wing Israeli activists held a conference on re-establishing Jewish settlements in Gaza, with discussions on circumventing Palestine government permissions.

Yahya Sinwar’s wife was carrying a $48,000 Birkin bag when she fled with the Hamas leader into hiding hours before the October 7 attack, the Israeli Defence Forces have suggested.

Just hours before last year’s October 7 attacks, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his family went into hiding inside a Gaza tunnel. The footage, released by IDF, shows his wife Abu Zamar carrying a luxury bag – a Hermes Birkin handbag,

In the footage, the slain Hamas leader's wife is seen holding a Hermes Birkin handbag worth $32,000, Israel claimed.

In the screengrab shared from the video, the design looks similar to the Hermes Birkin 40 Black Togo Gold Hardware edition, reports said. However, the militant group is yet to respond to Israel's claims.