Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel had killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar. 

Netanyahu made the announcement in a speech to the Knesset, the national legislature of Israel. The Israeli leader had previously only said that the terrorist leader had “apparently” been killed. 

Mohammed Sinwar was one of Israel’s most wanted targets. He was the focus of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month and Netanyahu said on May 21 that it was likely he had been killed.

Sinwar is the younger brother of the group’s former leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli strike in October.

The IDF and Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency said after that strike that Yahya Sinwar planned and executed the October 7th Massacre.

“[He] promoted his murderous ideology both before and during the war, and was responsible for the murder and abduction of many Israelis,” the statement read. 

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.