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Netanyahu says Israel killed elusive Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in recent Gaza strike

This screengrab from a video released by the Israeli army allegedly shows Mohammed Sinwar travelling in a car through a tunnel near the Erez crossing, close to the Israel-Gaza border, on December 17, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Reuters

This screengrab from a video released by the Israeli army allegedly shows Mohammed Sinwar travelling in a car through a tunnel near the Erez crossing, close to the Israel-Gaza border, on December 17, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Reuters

Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that a recent airstrike killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’ elusive de facto leader in Gaza, the latest in a string of assassinations that have dealt a serious blow to the group’s top brass but are yet to break its grip on power.

Sinwar is the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the Israeli military in southern Gaza in October.

Netanyahu made the comment during a speech in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Wednesday.

“We changed the face of the Middle East, we pushed the terrorists from our territories, we entered the Gaza Strip with force, we eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists, we eliminated (Mohammad) Deif, (Ismail) Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Sinwar,” he told lawmakers.

CNN has reached out to Hamas for comment.

Author: Oren Lieberman, Tim Lister and Eugenia Yosef, CNN

Source: CNN:::

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