Israel confirms Hamas's Gaza chief has been killed; who is Mohammed Sinwar whose head carried a $300,000 reward?

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar (49) had been killed. He is the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Hamas commander Mohammed Shabana was also killed.

26 people, including them, were killed in an explosion by the Israeli army on the 13th in a bunker at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

The bodies of both were recovered from the bunker and confirmed by an examination. Netanyahu had earlier indicated that Mohammed Sinwar may have been killed.

Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was killed by Israel last October. Mohammed Sinwar then took control of Hamas in Gaza. Israel says Mohammed is also one of the masterminds of the terror attack.

Israel's target

• Mohammed Sinwar, head of Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades
• Former head of Hamas's Khan Younis Brigade
• Escaped Israeli assassination attempts six times
• Served a prison sentence in Israel in the 1990s
• Hamas claimed he was killed in 2014, but that was proven false.
• Secret life in Gaza's Underground Tunnels
• Little is known about him to the outside world
• Israel had offered a $300,000 reward for information leading to his capture