Hamas confirms death of former military chief Mohammed Sinwar

Hamas late Saturday confirmed the death of Mohammed Sinwar, the group's former military chief in the Gaza Strip, months after Israel announced his death in an airstrike in May.

In a press statement on its official website, the group published photographs of Sinwar along with other former senior leaders, describing them collectively as martyrs. Hamas did not provide details on the circumstances of Sinwar's death.

Israel claimed the killing of Sinwar following a May attack on the European Hospital in Khan Younis City in the southern Gaza Strip, which, according to Gaza-based health authorities, killed at least 34 Palestinians.

Sinwar, 49, was a senior Hamas political and military figure who assumed leadership of the group's Gaza-based operations and its armed wing in October 2024 after the killing of his brother, late Hamas' Gaza political leader Yahya Sinwar.