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Israel has confirmed its forces person killed Hamas's Gaza chief, Mohammad Sinwar, arsenic US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff called the group's counter-offer connected a ceasefire "totally unacceptable".
Mohammad Sinwar became the person of the militant radical successful the Gaza Strip aft his older member Yahya Sinwar was killed past October.
In a statement, the Israeli subject said it had killed Sinwar connected 13 May, and was the people of a onslaught connected a infirmary successful confederate Gaza.
Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied his death, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told parliament connected Wednesday that helium had been "eliminated".
Who was 'The Shadow' Mohammed Sinwar?
Mohammed Sinwar was the younger member of Yahyah Sinwar, the erstwhile person of Hamas and mastermind down the 7 October attacks, who was killed by IDF forces successful Rafah past October.
In January of this year, Mohammed was confirmed arsenic the caller person of Hamas successful Gaza, pursuing the decease of his brother.
Amongst Palestinians, helium ne'er had the estimation of Yahya, but helium was wide believed to person played a important relation successful the kidnap and holding of IDF worker Gilad Shalit successful 2006 and demanded the merchandise of Yahya Sinwar from Israeli situation arsenic portion of a swap deal.
Born successful Khan Younis, Mohammed Sinwar roseate done the ranks of Hamas to go a elder commandant successful Al Qassam Brigades, the group's subject wing.
He was known arsenic 'The Shadow', successful portion due to the fact that of the inferior relation helium played to his older member and besides due to the fact that fewer images of him exist.
He survived aggregate assassination attempts and was antecedently incorrectly declared dormant during Israel's warfare successful Gaza.
Sinwar had a estimation for being stubborn, and Israeli sources successful the ceasefire negotiations blamed him for slowing the process and changing his demands astatine the past minute.
The IDF has confirmed helium was with the commandant of the Rafah brigade, Mohammed Shabanah, successful tunnels underneath the European Hospital successful Gaza erstwhile the IDF struck successful mid-May. Shabanah's decease is important due to the fact that helium was a apt successor to Sinwar.
It would permission Azadi al-Hadad, the Gaza City Brigade Commander, arsenic the lone surviving Hamas commandant from 7 October.
He would apt beryllium successful enactment arsenic the adjacent Hamas main successful Gaza.
Hamas seeks changes successful US ceasefire proposal
It comes arsenic Hamas said it was seeking amendments to a US-proposed ceasefire deal, offering 10 surviving Israeli hostages and the bodies of 18 successful speech for Palestinian prisoners.
On Thursday, the White House said Israel agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal, which would spot the merchandise of 9 surviving hostages and fractional of the known hostages who person died implicit the people of a week.
Israel and Hamas would past proceed talks to bring the remaining hostages home, but Israel would clasp the close to resume subject enactment successful Gaza if talks were to interruption down.
In a connection astir the connection connected Saturday, Hamas said its effect "aims to execute a imperishable ceasefire, a implicit withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and to guarantee the travel of humanitarian assistance to our radical successful the Strip".
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Hamas connection 'totally unacceptable' - Witkoff
Donald Trump's peculiar Middle East envoy, Mr Witkoff, said connected societal media that Hamas's effect is "totally unacceptable and lone takes america backwards".
"Hamas should judge the model connection we enactment guardant arsenic the ground for proximity talks, which we tin statesman instantly this coming week," helium added.
Senior Hamas authoritative Basem Naim told Reuters that the radical has not rejected the connection but added Mr Witkoff's effect was "unfair" and showed "complete bias" towards Israel.
Israel has not yet responded to Hamas' counter-offer, but has antecedently rejected the conditions and demanded the implicit disarmament and dismantling of the group.
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Meanwhile, Gaza assistance groups person said dozens of World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying flour to Gaza bakeries had been hijacked by equipped groups and subsequently looted by people.
The WFP added: "After astir 80 days of a full blockade, communities are starving and they are nary longer consenting to ticker nutrient walk them by."
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Amjad Al-Shawa, caput of an umbrella radical representing Palestinian assistance groups, said hundreds much trucks were needed and accused Israel of a "systematic argumentation of starvation".
Israel denies operating a argumentation of starvation and says it is facilitating assistance deliveries via the arguable Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Instead, it accuses Hamas of stealing supplies.
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