According to reports, the body of Mohammed Sinwar was discovered in a tunnel network below the European hospital in southern Gaza following israeli strikes.
Reportedly, Mohammed is the brother of Yahya Sinwar who was killed by the israeli defence force in 2024. According to the report, he was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza in 1975 (his family moved from Ashkelon during the 1948 arab-israeli war).
Reportedly, Mohammed Sinwar joined hamas, the sunni palestiniann authority in Gaza in 1991, becoming a member of their military wing, the Al-Qassam brigades, and was ideologically influenced by hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi.
According to the report, he became close to other hamas commanders and took part in the first uprising, being arrested by Israel in 1991. Reportedly, he was released but in 1992 he was accused of kidnapping and killing an israeli soldier and was arrested by the palestinian authority. According to the report, he spent 3 years in jail before escaping in 2000.
Reportedly, during the second uprising he planned attacks against israeli targets and oversaw rocket attacks. According to the report, from 2005-2016 he was the commander of hamas’s Khan Unis brigade and became involved in the abduction of israeli soldier, Gilas Shalit who was swapped in 2011 for 1,027 palestinian prisoners, including Sinwar’s brother Yahya.
Reportedly, Israel has made several attempts to assassinate him.