ISRAEL has eliminated defacto Hamas Gaza chief Muhammed Sinwar, also known as “The Shadow”, according to Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli Prime Minister announced on Wednesday the death of a highly sought-after member of the terror group and younger sibling of the notorious Yahya Sinwar.

Netanyahu told parliament while reading a list of Hamas leaders killed in Israeli blitzes: “We eliminated Mohammed Sinwar.” 

It comes after reports that the chief, who was also one of the October 7 masterminds, had likely been killed in an Israeli airstrike last week.

Defence Minister Israel Katz reportedly revealed on May 19 that the body of Muhammad Sinwar had been discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis.

Following the demise of his elder brother Yahya Sinwar, who orchestrated the October 7 attacks and was subsequently killed by the IDF in October 2024, Sinwar assumed leadership.

Israel seems to have effectively targeted Sinwar Jr during an airstrike on Tuesday afternoon, which reportedly hit Hamas’ command centre located beneath the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.

The IDF is believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex.

It reportedly targeted the exits of the subterranean compound with the aim of preventing the escape of any survivors.