Hamas boss Yahya Sinwar’s henchman Marwan Issa who was top of Israel’s most wanted list is killed in Gaza airstrike

HAMAS commander and top target Marwan Issa has been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

One of Yahya Sinwar's henchmen, Issa was one of the IDF's highest profile targets following the horrors of Hamas' October 7 massacre.

Marwan Issa was killed in an Israeli strike

The Hamas commander (pictured) reported to Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded the October 7 attacks

Yahya Sinwar, 61, the Hamas leader who planned the 0ctober 7 massacres

He was killed on March 10 during an operation in the Gaza Strip, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari confirmed today.

Issa was the deputy commander of Hamas' military wing, and died alongside another top terror chief - Ghazi Abu Tamaa.

The terror boss reported directly to Sinwar, the monster dubbed “The Hamas Bin Laden” who masterminded the October massacre in Israel.

Nicknamed the "shadow man", Issa was number three on Israel's most-wanted list, alongside Mohammed Deif and Sinwar.

A source from inside the terror group previously told Reuters: "Brother Issa is the walking nightmare of the enemy."

Israeli forces are still hunting his fellow terror chiefs, despite some reports Deif was killed in an earlier strike.

Deif has been one of the IDF's most-wanted men for decades and has dodged over a dozen assassination attempts and countless strikes from Israel over the years.

Hagari said today: "We have checked all the intelligence.

"Marwan Issa was eliminated in the strike we carried out around two weeks ago."

Issa died during a strike in Nuseirat, a refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip where he was hiding.

The US announced his death days ago, but Israel has just verified the information.

As Israel continues its campaign to round up and eliminate the remaining Hamas masterminds, Yahya Sinwar has reportedly dropped off the radar even inside his own terror cell.

The IDF has vowed to catch him "dead or alive".

And Israel’s military chiefs have vowed their offensive must not end until the terror boss is dead.

But defence minister Yoav Gallant claimed Hamas is now frantically looking for a replacement for Sinwar, who is said to have been uncontactable for weeks.

He said the terror cell which once reigned over innocent Palestinians in the Strip is now fighting for control.