Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the highest commander of Hamas and the younger brother of the killed Chief Hamas Yahya Sinwar, Muhammed Sinwar, was “probably killed” in Airstrike in Gaza last week, reported News18 and quoted several media news.
“Based on all indications, Mohammed Sinwar was killed on a strike made on the European Hospital in Khan Youenis,” Katz said News18 when he spoke with MEPs.
Who is Muhammad Sinwar?
Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, known as Mohammed Sinwar, is a prominent militant who served as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the leader of the brigade of Ezzede Al-Qassam of October 2024, informed the New York Times.
Sinwar was born in a refugee camp Khan Yunis on September 16, 1975 and spent several years in the prison of Israeli and Palestinian authority prisons. In 1991 he joined the Hamas military movement.
Sinwar was arrested by Israel in 1991 for suspected terrorism and released within one year. In the 90s, however, he was arrested for several years by Palestinian authority in Ramalllah.
Sinwar was considered to be “scenes”, which gave him the nickname “Shadow”.
Sinwar became commander Hamas’ Khan Youenis Brigade in 2005. In 2006, he was a participant in the kidnapping of Gilad Shalita, who was released in 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, one of which was his brother Yahya Sinwar, according to reports.
In May 2021, Israel made six attempts to assassinate Sinwar. In early 2014, Hamas announced that Sinwar had died during the war Israel-Gaza, but later this information was incorrect.
According to the Israeli intelligence service, Sinwar is considered one of the masters of the attack led by Hamas on Israel 7 October 2023.
On 13 May, the Israeli Security Agency and IDF claimed that Sinwar was aimed at an Israeli air strike on a bunker at the European Hospital in Gaza, Khan Yunis. The Saudi channel Al-Hadath claimed that Sinwar’s body was recovered from the tunnel along with Muhammad Shabana, but the official confirmation still has to arrive.
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