New Delhi, May 28 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said the Israeli military had killed Mohammed Sinwar, the presumed leader of Hamas in Gaza and the brother of slain former chief Yahya Sinwar.

"We eliminated Mohammed Sinwar," Netanyahu told a parliament plenary session. Israeli media had reported that Sinwar was targeted in Israeli air strikes in southern Gaza earlier this month.

On May 18, it was reported that the body of Muhammad Sinwar had been found in a tunnel struck by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

"Based on all indications, Mohammed Sinwar was killed in a strike carried out on the grounds of the European Hospital in Khan Younis," said Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz while speaking during a closed...