The Israeli military said that it had recovered the body of Mohammed Sinwar, head of Hamas’ military wing, from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip and taken it to Israel.
In a statement, the military said on Sunday that following an identification process, it had confirmed that “the body of Mohammed Sinwar was located in the underground tunnel route beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis.”
Sinwar and Muhammad Shabaneh, commander of Hamas’ Rafah Brigade, were killed in the tunnel on May 13 by the Israeli military and the Shin Bet intelligence agency, the statement said.
The bodies were found during a raid in the area that began on Wednesday under heavy airstrikes.
“During searches in the underground tunnel route, several items belonging to Sinwar and Shabaneh were located, along with additional intelligence findings that were transferred for further investigation,” it said, without providing further details.