IDF confirms May 13 elimination of Mohammed Sinwar, head of Hamas’ military wing and key architect of the October 7th massacre, in a precision strike on an underground command center in Khan Yunis. Two senior commanders were also killed.
It can now be confirmed that during a joint IDF and ISA operation on May 13th, 2025, in the area of Khan Yunis, the Israeli Air Force struck and eliminated the terrorist Mohammed Sinwar, Head of the Hamas terror organization’s military wing.
In that strike, the terrorists Mohammad Shabaneh, commander of Hamas’ Rafah Brigade, and Mahdi Quara, commander of Hamas’ South Khan Yunis Battalion, were also eliminated.
The terrorists were eliminated while operating in an underground command and control center, under the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, deliberately endangering the civilian population in and around the hospital. The strike was carried out, with the direction of IDF and ISA intelligence, by the Southern Command and the Israeli Air Force, alongside complex real-time decision-making by the Chief of the General Staff and the head of the ISA.
As 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. The hospital’s functioning was not affected by the strike.
Mohammed Sinwar was among the most senior and long-serving members of Hamas’s military wing and played a significant role in planning and executing the brutal October 7th massacre, serving as Chief of Operations at the time.
