Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar killed in Gaza after Israel airstrikes – 7 months after his brother also eliminated
ISRAEL has eliminated defacto Hamas Gaza chief Muhammed Sinwar, also known as "The Shadow", according to Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli Prime Minister said on Wednesday that one of the terror group's most wanted figures and younger brother of infamous Yahya Sinwar had been killed.
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Mohammed Sinwar (R), a Hamas chief, has been killed
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He was the younger brother of deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Credit: AFP
Netanyahu told parliament while reading a list of Hamas leaders killed in Israeli blitzes: "We eliminated Mohammed Sinwar."
It comes after reports that the chief, who was also one of the October 7 masterminds, had likely been
Defence Minister Israel Katz reportedly revealed
on May 19 tha
t the body of Muhammad Sinwar had been discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis
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Sinwar took command from his older brother Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 attacks, after the boss was killed by the IDF in October 2024.
Israel appears to have successfully eliminated Sinwar Jr by bombing what it said was Hamas' command centre under the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.
The IDF is believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex.
It reportedly targeted the exits of the subterranean compound with the aim of preventing the escape of any survivors.
While speaking to parliament, Netanyahu said: "We eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists, Muhammed Deif, Hassan Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Sinwar, and seized the Rafah and Morag crossings.
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"In the last two days, we've been executing a dramatic plan toward the complete defeat of Hamas.
He added: "We're taking control of their food distribution and money machine. This is what destroys their governing capabilities.
"That's what we promised."
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