A body recovered from a subterranean Hamas site in Khan Younis was recently confirmed to be that of Mohammad Sinwar, who held a senior position in the terror organization’s hierarchy.
The remains were located during an IDF operation in the Khan Younis region, where several corpses were retrieved and transported back to Israel for identification. Authorities have now verified that one of them is Sinwar.
Mohammad Sinwar held a top-tier role in Hamas’s military leadership, serving as chief of operations. He was a principal architect of the October 7 massacre, directing planning and execution as head of the group’s military operations division.
Roughly two weeks ago, Israeli officials announced that Sinwar had been killed in a targeted airstrike on May 13 in Khan Younis. The strike employed approximately 40 specialized bunker-busting munitions, weighing about one ton in total.
That same bombing also eliminated two other senior Hamas operatives: Mohammed Shabana, who led the Rafah Brigade, and Mahdi Khuwara, the commander overseeing southern Khan Younis.
According to the IDF, the strike hit a subterranean Hamas command center located beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, where the terrorists were sheltering.
Following the elimination of Yahya Sinwar, Mohammad assumed leadership of Hamas’s military faction. In this role, he wielded significant influence over the organization’s operational strategy and military decisions.
Earlier in his career, Mohammad Sinwar commanded the Khan Younis brigade and oversaw operations for the group’s military wing. He was also involved in the planning and execution of the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit.
Mohammed Shabana played a central role in organizing the October 7 attacks and was responsible for detaining hostages in southern Gaza. Throughout the “Iron Swords” conflict, he orchestrated numerous assaults on IDF troops in the south and directed sustained rocket fire into Israel from the Rafah Brigade.
Mahdi Khuwara’s involvement with Hamas began as a weapons engineer in Khan Younis. He later rose through the ranks to lead the elite “Nukhba” unit and ultimately commanded the southern Khan Younis battalion.
{Matzav.com}