The Israel military on Thursday said it was 'checking' whether Hamas's top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a military operation in Gaza.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday in a statement confirmed that three terrorists were eliminated in its operations in Gaza. "The IDA and ISA are checking the possibility that one of the terrorists was Yahya Sinwar. At this stage, the identity of the terrorists cannot be confirmed."
It also added that there were no signs that Israeli hostages had been present in the building, where the militants were killed.
According to sources, the bodies of the militants had been taken to Israel for DNA tests.
Sinwar was one of the chief architects of Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7 last year. Israel had vowed to kill him since the Gaza war.
Following the assassination of Ismael Haniyeh in July, Sinwar was appointed as Hamas's leader.
Meanwhile, in another Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians, at least 15 people, including five children, were killed.
The Israeli military also said it targeted a command centre run by Hamas and Islamic Jihad inside the school.
Israel has repeatedly struck tent camps and schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza.
Over 42,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in Israel's offensive in Gaza.
Also, in another development, Al Jazeera staff evacuated their offices in Beirut after receiving messages to leave the building. The messages were similar to the evacuation warnings from Israel that preceded the bombings.
Since Israel intensified its targeted attacks on Hezbollah, people in Lebanon have been receiving messages and calls warning them to evacuate prior to the Israeli bombing over the last month.
