Khalil Hayya, head of Hamas in Gaza, released a statement on Friday, a day after reports of Sinwar's martyrdom.
The charismatic leader of the Palestinian resistance movement had escaped many assassination attempts before and after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Oct. 7, 2023,
Sinwar, 62, played an instrumental role in coordinating and supervising the landmark operation that jolted the Zionist regime.
Before becoming the Hamas leader in Gaza in 2017, Sinwar spent 22 years in an Israeli prison. He was released as part of a prisoner swap in 2011.
“Hamas will never abandon the path of resistance… Our resistance will continue until the liberation of all of Palestine,” he declared during a speech in Gaza in late October 2017.
Sinwar had been chosen as the overall Hamas leader after Israel's assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in July.
Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, where he was to attend the inauguration ceremony of new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Press TV