Hamas armed wing confirms death of Gaza head Mohammed Sinwar, other leaders

The Palestinian radical Hamas has confirmed that its equipped helping spokesperson, ⁠Abu Obeida, ​and then-Gaza main Mohammed Sinwar were killed successful Israel’s genocidal warfare earlier this year.

The Qassam Brigades made the announcement connected Monday. It besides confirmed the deaths of Mohammed Shabanah, the caput of the group’s Rafah Brigade, and 2 different leaders, Hakam al-Issi, and Raed Saad.

The Israeli subject said successful ​May ‌that it had killed Sinwar, the younger member of ‌former Hamas ‌leader Yahya ⁠Sinwar. Three months later, it said it ‌had besides killed Abu Obeida.

Hamas confirmed that Abu Obaida’s existent sanction was Huthaifa al-Kahlout.

Abu Obeida’s past connection was successful aboriginal September arsenic Israel began the archetypal stages of a caller subject battle connected Gaza City, declaring the country a combat portion arsenic it destroyed hundreds of residential buildings and Palestinians fly en masse.

Abu Obeida was a cardinal Hamas dependable successful Gaza, releasing statements astir battlefield updates, ceasefire violations and Israeli captive-for-Palestinian captive deals aboriginal this twelvemonth during a short-lived ceasefire, which Israel unilaterally shattered

Sinwar and Abu Obeida are the latest Hamas representatives confirmed killed by Israel successful the past 2 years, including galore of Hamas’s apical subject and governmental leaders, specified arsenic apical governmental person Yahya Sinwar; subject commandant Mohammed Deif, 1 of the founders of the Qassam Brigades successful the 1990s; and governmental main Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated successful Iran’s capital, Tehran.

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