ISRAELI OCCUPIED GAZA - Secret documents appear to show assassinated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s last orders on the Israeli hostages.

The handwritten notes, published by Palestinian paper Al-Quds, claim to be the “final wills and instructions” of Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli strike last week.

The documents include an order to “take care of the lives of enemy prisoners and secure them, since they are the bargaining chip in our hands”.

Another note tells his fighters that the only way to release Palestinian prisoners from jail is to guard “the enemy’s prisoners”, adding that those who carry out their “duty” will be rewarded.

Amongst the three pages of hastily-written words, which have been partially censored, there are details about 71 hostages, including their names, ages and genders, particularly of older female captives.

Israel has not yet commented on the documents.