KHAN YOUNIS: The Israeli military stated on Sunday it had retrieved the physique of Hamas’ army chief Mohammed Sinwar in an underground tunnel beneath a hospital in southern Gaza, following a focused operation final month.One other senior Hamas member, Mohammad Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade, was additionally discovered lifeless on the scene together with numerous different militants, who’re nonetheless being recognized, stated IDF spokesperson, brigadier Common Effie Defrin.Israeli forces gave a small group of overseas reporters a tour of the tunnel that had been uncovered beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, which Defrin stated was a serious command and management compound for Hamas.“We discovered beneath the hospital, proper below the emergency room, a compound of some rooms. In considered one of them we discovered, we killed Mohammed Sinwar,” he stated.Hamas has not commented on stories of the loss of life of both Sinwar or Shabana.Sinwar was the youthful brother of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s deceased chief and mastermind of the Oct 2023 assault on Israel. Shabana performed a key position in establishing the community of tunnels below Rafah. Through the search of the positioning, Israeli forces additionally recovered weapon stockpiles, ammunition, money and paperwork that are actually being reviewed for intelligence worth.Credit score: Reuters
