Israel has confirmed that the target of a powerful strike Tuesday evening on an underground command and control center in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, was Mohammad Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza and the head of the Hamas militant wing.
It is currently unknown if the strike was successful, but Israeli defense officials estimate that it was. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry reported that 16 individuals were killed and 70 were wounded in the strike. The reports did not note their identities.
Mohammad Sinwar is the brother of former Hamas leader and October 7th Massacre architect Yahya Sinwar, who was eliminated by IDF soldiers in October 2024.
The IDF and ISA announced earlier that they "conducted a precise strike on Tuesday against Hamas terrorists in a command and control center located in an underground terrorist infrastructure site beneath the European hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip."
Channel 12 is reporting that Israel did not notify the United States before it conducted the assassination attempt.
The strike occurred as US President Donald Trump kicked off his official visit to the region, addressing the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh.
According to the IDF and ISA, prior to and during the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians and civilian infrastructure, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence.
"The Hamas terrorist organization continues to use hospitals in the Gaza Strip for terrorist activity, demonstrating its cynical and brutal use of the civilian population in the hospital and its surroundings," the IDF stated.
Later on Tuesday evening, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit released footage from the attacked hospital, stating that "the IDF and Shin Bet destroyed underground terror infrastructure belonging to the Hamas terror organization beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip."