The Israeli military has said it has located and identified the body of Mohammed Sinwar, the military leader of Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza.
His body was discovered in a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
It said it had verified the body's identity through DNA checks – though Hamas has not publicly confirmed his death.
Sinwar, 49, was killed in an air strike on 13 May, which the Hamas-run civil defence agency said killed 28 people and injured dozens.
Sinwar's body was found alongside that of Mohammad Sabaneh, the commander of Hamas's Rafah Brigade, the IDF said.
It added that "several items belonging to Sinwar and Sabaneh were located, along with additional intelligence findings that were transferred for further investigation".
The IDF said other bodies were found, which it was looking to identify.
It took a small group of foreign journalists into Gaza to Khan Younis to show them the tunnel on Sunday.
It also published video of the small entrance to the tunnel, accessible through freshly dug earth just in front of the European Hospital.
The footage shows a long, narrow underground corridor that leads to several rooms.
Inside some of them, piles of clothes and plastic chairs are visible, with a rifle leaning up against the wall. One video also shows a shrouded body being pulled from the tunnel by a rope.
IDF spokesperson Brig Gen Effie Defrin said that in one of the rooms they found the Sinwar's body.
"This is another example of the cynical use by Hamas, using civilians as human shields, using civilian infrastructure, hospitals, again and again," he said.
