New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Hamas on Monday confirmed that its longtime spokesman Abu Obaida was killed following an Israeli strike in August in war-torn Gaza. Hamas also confirmed that its Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar was killed in the Gaza war earlier this year.

This is the first time the Hamas publicly acknowledged the death of two of its prominent figuress.

The Israeli military said in May that it had killed Sinwar, the younger brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Israel said on August 31 that its forces had killed Obaida, in an airstrike on Gaza.

Hamas, however, didn't say how he the two were killed and when.

The announcement came hours before US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Florida ...