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Hamas confirms deaths this year of armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida and Gaza chief Sinwar

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Hamas confirmed on Monday that its armed wing spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, and then Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar were killed in the Gaza war earlier this year.

A poster of Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the al-Qassam Brigades, is carried by university students during a rally to show support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the recent Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen January 31, 2024. Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

A poster of Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the al-Qassam Brigades, is carried by university students during a rally to show support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the recent Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen January 31, 2024. Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

Hamas confirmed on Monday that its armed wing spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, and then Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar were killed in the Gaza war earlier this year.

The Israeli military said in May that it had killed Sinwar, the younger brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Three months later, it said it had also killed Abu Ubaida.

Reporting by Jana Choukeir

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