Israel Eliminates Hamas Chief, Mohammed Sinwar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel has eliminated Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted targets and the younger brother of the deceased group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar.

The Israeli PM had Mohammad Sinwar had been the target of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month, and Netanyahu said that it was likely he had been killed.

Confirming the elimination to the Israeli parliament known as the Knesset on Wednesday, Netanyahu said “We eliminated Mohammad Deif, (Ismail) Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Mohammad Sinwar,”

“In the last two days we have been in a dramatic turn towards a complete defeat of Hamas,” he said, adding that Israel was also “taking control of food distribution” in the region.

However, Hamas is yet to confirm the death of Sinwar who was elevated to the top ranks of the Palestinian militant group last year after Israel killed his brother Yahya who masterminded the October 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war in combat. The Israeli-Hamas war is currently in its 20th month