The Israeli Army (IDF) and the Shin Bet General Security Service confirmed the death of Hamas politburo leader Yahya Sinwar, Israeli media reported.

Earlier, the Israeli army said it was looking into the possibility that one of the three militants killed by troops recently in Gaza was Hamas politburo leader Yahya Sinwar.

Israel's Channel 12 reported that Israeli troops opened fire yesterday on a group of militants on the first floor of a building in Gaza. When they subsequently entered the building, they realized that one of the slain terrorists “looked very similar” to Sinwar.

Media reported that the exact identification is expected to take several hours, and that a body that could be Sinwar's will be taken for DNA analysis.