Qassam Brigades releases statement on Yahya Sinwar's killing

The Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, has released a statement confirming the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

The group said "it is a source of pride for our movement to put leaders before soldiers", echoing what the group's spokesperson, Abu Obeida, said during a video statement released on 7 October.

"This criminal enemy is delusional if he thinks that by assassinating the great leaders of the resistance such as Sinwar, Haniyeh, Nasrallah, al-Arouri and others, he can extinguish the flame of the resistance or force it to retreat," the statement said.

Qassam praised Sinwar as "a leader to be martyred among his fellow mujahideen, a hero engaged in combat with the invaders who thought that Gaza could be an easy prey for their cowardly army".

The group also vowed to continue fighting, framing the ongoing war as "a struggle of victory or martyrdom".