Netanyahu announces the death of the Hamas leader during a bombing in Gaza.

Neither the Palestinian militia nor the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have commented on the alleged death of Mohamed Sinwar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) that Israel killed the alleged new leader of the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Mohamed Sinwar , in a recent Israeli airstrike on the European Hospital in the south of the enclave, according to Israeli media reports.

The Israeli daily Haaretz quotes sources in the Israeli defense establishment as saying they are unsure about the death of Mohamed Sinwar , despite prior confirmation by the prime minister.

The Israeli army bombed the European Hospital, located in the south of the enclave, on May 13. Shortly afterward, the Israeli press reported that the target of this attack was Mohamed Sinwar, the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the former top Hamas leader and mastermind of the October 7, 2023, attacks that killed Israel last year in Rafah.