The chief of Hamas, Mohammed Sinwar, has been killed, Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Hamas’ de facto leader Mohammed Sinwar has been killed. Netanyahu mentioned the murder in a speech before the Parliament of Israel while the United States seeks another temporary fire in the Israel-Hamas War.

During his speech, Netanyahu listed the names of the main leaders of Hamas killed during the war and included Sinwar. “We have killed tens of thousands of terrorists. We kill (Mohammed) Deif, (Ismail) Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Sinwar,” he said.

Netanyahu did not elaborate, and Israel’s army did not immediately issue any new statement about the apparent death of Sinwar.

Sinwar was the last leader of Hamas, which the United States and Israel have designated as a terrorist group, to be killed by Israeli forces. His older brother Yahya Sinwar, a main objective for the Israeli army that previously directed the group, was delicate In October. Deif, who directed Hamas’ military wing, was killed by Israeli forces in July. Haniyeha former political leader of Hamas, was killed in Iran last year, an incident that will blame Israeli, but Israel did not take responsibility.

Since Yahya Sinwar’s death, Mohammed Sinwar had been widely described in Israeli and Arab media as one of Hamas’ main leaders in the Gaza Strip.

The main leaders of Hamas based in Qatar did not choose Mohammed Sinwar as the only leader of the group after the death of his brother, but the militants in the Gaza Strip have followed him to a large extent, the Wall Street Journal reported at the beginning of this year, citing the Arab negotiators. The young Sinwar, a member of Hamas for a long time, has helped lead the group while recruiting new combatants, replacing some of Hamas’ thousands of terrorists, Israel, says he has killed, according to the newspaper.

“Mohammed Sinwar is driving everything,” the Israeli brig. General Amir Avivi told the Journal.

The informed death of Mohammed Sinwar occurs after almost 20 months of war between Israel and Hamas, which began after the militants led by Hamas launched an attack to the south of Israel in October 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 as hostages back to Gaza.

In the White House, President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, told reporters on Wednesday that he had “very good feelings” about reaching a high temporal fire and a long -term resolution to the conflict.

A high two -month fire between the two parts ended in March after Israel resumed intense attacks in the Gaza Strip and applied a blockade in all help supplies that enter the Palestinian territory, which led to generalized reports of shortage and hunger. Israel blames all suffering in Gaza in Hamas, calling a tactic to press the terrorist group to release the remaining 58 hostages, although it is not clear how many are alive.

In recent weeks, Israeli officials have promised to move forward with war. To capture and control The entire Gaza Strip and dismantle Hamas, although Israel has allowed limited help To enter Gaza this week.

More than 54,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli offensive began more than a year and a half ago, according The Hamas Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civil and combatant victims.

Earlier this month, Hamas released Eden Alexander, who is believed to be the last American American citizen retained as hostage In Gaza.

The families of the remaining hostages have led to great protests demanding that Netanyahu make a deal to bring their loved ones home and end the war. In a statement shared by his office after the launch of Alexander, Netanyahu insisted that although there could be a high temporary fire to allow more hostages to be released, “there is no way that we stop the war … Let’s go in the end.”

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Paulina Smolinski contributed to this report.