New Delhi, May 18 -- Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday said that the top Hamas commander and younger brother of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Muhammed Sinwar, was 'likely killed' in an airstrike on Gaza last week, reported News18, quoting several media reports.

"Based on all indications, Mohammed Sinwar was killed in a strike carried out on the grounds of the European Hospital in Khan Younis," News18 quoted Katz as saying while speaking during a closed-door meeting with parliamentarians.

Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, popularly known as Mohammed Sinwar, is a prominent militant who served as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the leader of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam brigades from October 2024, reported The New York Time...