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TEL AVIV—Israel’s military targeted Hamas’s top leader in Gaza on Tuesday in an airstrike, which if successful would mark an important military victory at a time when the country is under pressure to wrap up its 18-month-long war in the enclave. An Israeli official said the strike targeted Mohammed Sinwar, who effectively took over as the head of Hamas in Gaza after Israel killed his brother, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar , in October. The strike hit an underground site near the European Hospital in Khan Younis, targeting a Hamas command...