Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms Israel ‘eliminated’ Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the Israeli Defence Force has “eliminated” the leader of the Hamas terrorist group in an airstrike.
Mr Netanyahu told the Knesset that Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was now dead.
“In Israel’s wars there have never been so many achievements on so many fronts,” Mr Netanyahu told the members of parliament.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“We repelled the terrorists, eliminated Deif, Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Sinwar.
“We cut off the supply of weapons to Hamas, returned about 90 per cent of the residents of the Gaza border region to their homes, and we are making a dramatic change in the Gaza Strip.”
Mr Netanyahu’s address come on the 600th day since Israel went to war with terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas.
Sinwar was killed by an IDF airstrike earlier in May.
The strike reportedly targeted Sinwar, who was in a bunker near a hospital for a meeting with high-ranking terrorist militants.
Mr Netanyahu said the IDF’s actions had “changed the face of the Middle East”, claiming strikes on terrorist heads and weapon sites had “broken the strangleholds of the Iranian axis”.
IDF officials confirmed Sinwar was buried along with other militants.
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