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Hamas confirms death of Mohammed Sinwar, months after Israel said he was killed in a strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Hamas terror group confirms the death of its Gaza military chief Mohammed Sinwar, a few months after Israel said it killed him in a strike in May.
Hamas does not provide details on Sinwar’s death but publishes pictures of him along with other group leaders, describing them as “martyrs.”
Mohammad Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the former leader of the terror group, who co-masterminded the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and whom Israel had killed in combat a year later.
He became the de facto leader of the terror group following Israel’s killing of Yahya last October.
Israel targeted him in a strike in May of this year, and assessed that he had been killed some weeks later.
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