Israel Says Body of Sinwar's Brother Was Found in Tunnel Under Gaza Hospital
- On June 8, 2025, the IDF announced it had recovered the body of Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar from an underground passage located beneath a hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
- The recovery followed a targeted operation launched on May 13, guided by intelligence and involving Golani Brigade and special forces aiming to dismantle Hamas command infrastructure under civilian facilities.
- The operation uncovered an extensive tunnel system beneath the hospital that functioned as a central hub for Hamas leadership, containing weapons, intelligence documents, and senior figures who coordinated the October 7 attacks.
- Brigadier General Effie Defrin highlighted Hamas’s continual strategy of exploiting civilian areas, including hospitals and other critical infrastructure, by embedding military assets and personnel within them, thereby endangering the local population.
- The IDF affirmed its commitment to continue exposing and dismantling Hamas’s underground networks in Gaza, emphasizing that these operations aim to return hostages and eliminate Hamas’s military capabilities.
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Nothing blocks the gaze, kilometers of desolation. Twenty months of raids have flattened the horizon. The Israeli army shows the tunnel where Mohammed Sinwar, brother of the man who conceived and realized the massacre of October 7th, was killed.
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Israel reveals tunnel under Gaza hospital, says Mohammed Sinwar’s body found there
Israeli forces gave a small group of foreign reporters a tour of the tunnel that had been uncovered beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, which it said was a major command and control compound for Hamas
One photo from on the ground in Gaza
Israeli soldiers take up position at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, where the military claims that Hamas militants operated in a tunnel beneath the facility. The tunnel is where the leader of Hamas is said to have been when an airstrike hit, killing him.
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