
Netanyahu Says Israel Has Killed Hamas’ Gaza Chief Mohammed Sinwar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, May 28, that Israel had killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar. Netanyahu made the announcement in a speech to the Knesset, the national legislature of Israel. The Israeli leader had previously only said that the terrorist leader had "apparently" been killed.
Sinwar was one of Israel's most wanted targets. He was the focus of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month. At least 16 people were killed, and 70 others were wounded in the May 13 strike, Israeli media reported, citing the Gaza Health Ministry.
Sinwar's body was found in a tunnel in Khan Yunis, along with the bodies of ten of his aides, the outlet reported.
Sinwar is the younger brother of the group's former leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli strike in October. Mohammed Sinwar assumed leadership of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, after his brother's death.
Mohammed Sinwar would have had the final word on any agreement to release the hostages and his death could further complicate U.S. and Arab efforts to broker a ceasefire. (FN/VFI News)
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