According to Israeli prime minister Mohammad Sinwar was executed during an offensive held in January; The Palestinian terrorist group has not yet confirmed the information
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Mohammad Sinwar, current Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip and Yahya Sinwar’s brother, was killed during an Israeli offensive in the territory. According to Netanyahu, Sinwar was eliminated in an attack on January against a hospital in southern Gaza, which would targeted the group’s high command. Death has not yet been officially confirmed by Hamas. In recent months, however, vehicles from the Israeli and Arabic press had already reported the potential execution of the terrorist.
In May, the Saudi channels Al-Hadath and Al-Arabiya reported that Hamas members, including Sinwar’s, were found in a tunnel in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Among the dead would also be Mohammed Shaban, commander of the Rafah Brigade.
Mohammad Sinwar took the lead of the group after his brother Yahya Sinwar’s death in October 2024. Yahya had become the main Hamas commander after the murder of other important leaders such as Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif, killed between July and October last year. Before them, Israel had already eliminated other key members of the group, such as Saleh Al-Arouri, in January 2024, and Marwan Issa in March.
The Israeli offensive against Hamas’ leading leaders has been going on since the war began in October 2023 after the terrorist group’s attack on Israel who left more than 1,200 dead and hundreds of kidnapped. Since then, Israel has intensified its military actions in the Gaza Strip to dismantle Hamas’s command structure.
*Report produced with the aid of AI
