JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Thursday that it was checking the possibility that it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar following an operation in the Gaza Strip that it said had targeted three militants.
“At this stage, the identity of the terrorists cannot be confirmed,” it said in a statement.
It said there were no signs that hostages had been present in the building where the three militants were killed.
Sinwar, the chief architect of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, was named leader of Hamas following the assassination of former leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in August.
(Reporting by Tala RamadanEditing by Gareth Jones)
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