Israel reveals tunnel under Gaza hospital, says body of Sinwar's brother found there

Reuters ^ | June 8, 20251:39 PM CDT | Ronen Zvulun

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Summary

• IDF says Hamas used hospital as cover for command center
• Hamas leaders Sinwar, Shabana found dead in tunnel after strike
• Weapons and documents also found in tunnel

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza, June 8 (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Sunday it had retrieved the body of Hamas' military chief Mohammed Sinwar in an underground tunnel beneath a hospital in southern Gaza, following a targeted operation last month.

Another senior Hamas leader, Mohammad Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade, was also found dead at the scene along with a number of other militants, who are still being identified, said IDF spokesperson, Brigadier General Effie Defrin.

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 Defrin said was a major command and control compound for Hamas.

"This is another example of the cynical use by Hamas, using civilians as human shields, using civilian infrastructure, hospitals, again and again," said Defrin.

"We found underneath the hospital, right under the emergency room, a compound of a few rooms. In one of them we found, we killed Mohammed Sinwar," he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sinwar's death last month, but Defrin said they now had his DNA which proved beyond doubt it was him.

Hamas has not commented on reports of the death of either Sinwar or Shabana.

Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian militant group's deceased leader and mastermind of the October 2023 attack on Israel...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; israel; waronterror

[lee martell]

That Sinwar brother was killed a few weeks ago.
Hopefully, they found a way to get ice down into that tunnel, or the Israelis brought their own Haz-Mat suits.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Get your Yahyas out.

[dennisw]

They got fake Allah’s fake martyrdom that they said they wanted.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Probably didn’t smell much worse than when he was still wasting oxygen.

[doc maverick]

Exterminate ham-ass not matter what it takes.
Worthless pieces of human flesh.