Israeli military recovers body of elusive Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar
- On May 13, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces located and identified the remains of Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas' military leader, in a tunnel below the European Hospital in Khan Younis.
- This recovery followed an airstrike targeting Hamas command bunkers under the hospital that killed Sinwar and other militants during the ongoing war launched after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
- The IDF released videos showing the tunnel complex where Sinwar's body lay alongside weapons and identified several other dead militants including Mohammad Sabaneh, the Rafah Brigade commander.
- DNA analysis and Sinwar's identification confirmed his death, while Gaza health officials reported 28 killed in the strike amid allegations Hamas uses hospitals as command centers and human shields.
- Sinwar's death signals a significant blow to Hamas’ military leadership but the group has not confirmed it, and Israel continues its offensive aiming to dismantle Hamas and recover hostages.
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Inside the secret tunnel where Israel says a senior Hamas leader died
Israel’s strike on what it says was a hidden Hamas tunnel running below a major hospital has again exposed the bitter moral debate at the heart of the Gaza conflict.
REPORTING - Mohammed Sinwar was hiding in a tunnel under the European Hospital of Khan Younes. He died from an Israeli bombardment. evacuated, the hospital would be functional. Around, everything is devastated.
IDF Pulls Sinwar’s Body from Underground Lair—Proof Hamas Hid Under Hospital!
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza — June 9, 2025 — Israeli forces say they have located and confirmed the body of Mohammed Sinwar, a senior Hamas military leader, deep inside a tunnel beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis. The finding comes three weeks after Sinwar was reportedly killed in an airstrike on May 13. IDF Pulls Sinwar’s Body from Underground Lair—Proof Hamas Hid Under Hospital! How It Happened The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) combed undergro…
The corpse of Hamas' leader in a tunnel under the European hospital in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. IDF and Shin Bet confirm this at the Times of Israel. Sinwar would have been killed during an Israeli attack on May 13th.Read more
The New York Times' Anti-Israeli Tunnel Vision
The child in Hans Christian Andersen’s folktale “The Emperor’s New Clothes” says the truth when he sees it — that the vain ruler being paraded through town is in fact naked. But when The New York Times’ Patrick Kingsley saw the naked truth as the Israeli army led him into a Hamas tunnel underneath a Gaza hospital, he went out of his way to twist the facts and avoid embarrassing the terror group. Instead of questioning the legality of Hamas head …
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