Israeli officials said the military had launched an attack targeting Muhammad Sinwar, the brother of a leader killed last year.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) carried out the strike on the European hospital in Khan Younis, targeting “Hamas terrorists in a command and control center” located underground in the infrastructure a

Israel’s military targeted Hamas’s top leader in Gaza on Tuesday in an air strike, which if successful would mark an important military victory at a time when the country is under pressure to wrap up its 18-month-long war in the enclave.