ISRAEL has eliminated defacto Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad 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.
Mohammad Sinwar (R), a Hamas chief, has been killed
GettyIsrael bombed the European Hospital, which it believes is used as cover by Hamas’ command centre[/caption]
AFPHe was the younger brother of deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar[/caption]
Netanyahu told parliament while reading a list of Hamas leaders killed in Israeli blitzes: “We eliminated Mohammad Sinwar.”
It comes after reports that the chief, who was also one of the October 7 masterminds, had likely been killed in an Israeli airstrike last week.
Defence Minister Israel Katz reportedly revealed on May 19 that the body of Mohammad Sinwar had been discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis.
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, Mohammad Deif, Hassan Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammad Sinwar, and seized the Rafah and Morag crossings.
“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.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, Israeli minister Israel Katz told a closed-door parliamentary meeting on May 18 that Sinwar was dead “beyond all indications”.
Now that the terror leader’s death has been confirmed, it leaves a power vacuum at the head of Hamas.
Experts fear a power struggle between its military and political wings.
Sinwar took command of Hamas’ military wing after Mohammad Deif was killed last July and later took over the entire terror group after his brother was killed.
Who is Muhammad Sinwar?
Mohammad Sinwar is the leader of the Hamas terror group in Gaza that continues to hold Israeli hostages.
He is believed to be around 50 years old and has been operating largely behind the scenes, earning him the nickname ” The Shadow.”
Like his older brother, he joined Hamas at an early age and was considered close to the head of the group’s armed wing, Mohammed Deif.
Mohammad is also believed to have been behind the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006 which eventually led to the release of his brother in a prisoner swap.
He has been named by political analysts as Hamas’s most senior commander in Gaza alongside Izz al-Din Haddad – and according to Israeli officials they have the final say in the ongoing hostage negotiations.
The older Sinwar was dubbed Gaza’s Osama bin Laden after he carved out a bloody reputation for killing his enemies with his bare hands.
It comes after harrowing footage showed the moment thousands of Gazans overran a US and Israel-backed aid site just hours after it opened.
Citizens desperate for food are said to have broken through the fences of the compound to reach the humanitarian aid, with shots reportedly fired.
The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the sheer number of people seeking aid at its distribution site was so great, its team had to pull back so people could “take aid safely and dissipate”.
Mohammad Sinwar took command from his older brother Yahya Sinwar after the boss was killed in October
Sky NewsThe IDF is believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex he was in[/caption]
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