{"id":88056,"date":"2025-06-01T18:43:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=88056"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T23:43:38","slug":"idf-confirms-elimination-of-hamas-terror-chief-mohammed-sinwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/idf-confirms-elimination-of-hamas-terror-chief-mohammed-sinwar\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF confirms elimination of Hamas terror chief Mohammed Sinwar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013&nbsp;The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday confirmed that it had eliminated Mohammed Sinwar, the head of the terrorist organization\u2019s \u201cmilitary wing,\u201d in a May 13 strike in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88057\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88057\" class=\"wp-image-88057 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief.webp 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88057\" class=\"wp-image-88057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IDF-chief.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-88057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Ronen Bar and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at the ISA&#8217;s Special Operations Command Center during the operation that eliminated Mohammed Sinwar, May 13, 2025. (Photo Credit: IDF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mohammad Sabaneh, the commander of Hamas\u2019s Rafah Brigade, and Mahdi Quara, the commander of Hamas\u2019s South Khan Yunis Battalion, were also eliminated in the strike, according to the military.<\/p>\n<p>Sabaneh was \u201cone of the planners and executors of the brutal Oct. 7 massacre and oversaw the captivity of many hostages in southern Gaza,\u201d while Quara led the terror group\u2019s Nukhba Force before being promoted to commander of the South Khan Yunis Battalion, the IDF said.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple air force jets were involved in the strike on the European Hospital in Al-Fukhari, a town in the Khan Yunis area, employing bunker-busting munitions to penetrate the Hamas compound beneath the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the preparations for the strike, extensive intelligence measures were taken to enable a precise strike that would mitigate civilian harm to the greatest extent possible,\u201d the military stated on Saturday. \u201cThe hospital\u2019s functioning was not affected by the strike,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF statement noted that Sinwar was \u201camong the most senior and long-serving members of Hamas\u2019s military wing and played a significant role in planning and executing the brutal Oct. 7 massacre,\u201d referring to the Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Following the July 13 elimination of Mohammed Deif, Mohammad Sinwar\u2019s brother Yahya Sinwar appointed him as Deif\u2019s successor, making him a central decision-maker regarding Hamas\u2019s strategy and policy, and driving efforts to rebuild its military capabilities, according to the IDF.&lt;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" title=\"X Post\" 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prime minister said during a so-called 40-signature debate, which the opposition can call once a month and which the premier is obliged to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout Israel\u2019s wars, there have never been so many achievements on so many fronts,\u201d Netanyahu said, adding: \u201cWe changed the face of the Middle East and established Israel\u2019s status as a regional power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 18, Israeli Defense Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/katz-all-indications-point-to-mohammed-sinwars-death\/\">Israel Katz<\/a>&nbsp;told&nbsp;lawmakers of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that \u201call indications\u201d were that the Israeli Air Force had killed Mohammed Sinwar on May 13.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet 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Following his brother\u2019s death, Mohammed Sinwar served as the group\u2019s top military leader.<\/p>\n<p>Yahya Sinwar was the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 massacre, during which 1,200 people, mainly civilians, were brutally murdered, thousands more were wounded and 251 were taken hostage, 58 of whom remain in captivity.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"IDF%20confirms%20elimination%20of%20Hamas%20terror%20chief%20Mohammed%20Sinwar\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[663,40,491,8781,8790,8795,14665,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88058,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88056\/revisions\/88058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}