[Israeli security department confirms that the leader of the military department of Hamas in the Gaza Strip was killed] Israeli security departments announced that Mohammad Sinwar and several senior commanders of Hamas were killed in the Israeli attack on Khan Yunis. On May 18 local time, Israeli Defense Minister Katz said at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, "Although there is no official confirmation, according to all indications, the leader of the military department of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, Mohammad Sinwar, has been killed."
