Hamas confirms death of Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar
AFP , Sunday 31 Aug 2025
Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, on Sunday confirmed the death of Mohammed Sinwar, its leader in Gaza, more than three months after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike.
Mohammad Sinwar was the younger brother of former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar
Pictures released by the resistance group on Saturday showed him alongside other political and military leaders described as "martyrs of the military council".
Mohammed Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's previous leader in the Gaza Strip.
He reportedly led the Al-Qassam Brigades' military council after the death of commander Mohammed Deif.
Israel said it identified Mohammed Sinwar's body in June in a tunnel beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, central Gaza. The military said it had "eliminated" him on May 13.
Israel’s war on Gaza — widely described as genocide by UN experts, aid agencies and human rights groups, and currently the subject of a case at the International Court of Justice — has killed at least 63,371 Palestinians and injured 159,835, mostly women and children.
Israeli airstrikes have also reduced much of the Palestinian territory to rubble.
Independent estimates suggest the true death toll is significantly higher.
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