Israel PM says Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been killed14 hours ago Share Save David Gritten BBC News Share SaveIDF In December 2023, the Israeli military released a video that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnelIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has "eliminated" Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the brother of the group's late leader Yahya Sinwar. Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, was killed by Israeli troops last October. Sgt Shalit was released after five years in captivity in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including Yahya Sinwar. Mohammed Sinwar was also reported to have been close to Hamas's late military chief Mohammed Deif and been involved in the planning of the 7 October 2023 attack. "We drove the terrorists out of our territory, entered the Gaza Strip with force, eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists, eliminated Mohammed Deif, [political leader Ismail] Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Sinwar."