Both Israel and Hamas have vowed to keep fighting after the latter confirmed Israeli soldiers had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Wednesday.
Pledges from Israel and its enemies Hamas and Hezbollah to keep fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon have dashed hopes that the death of Yahya Sinwar might hasten an end to more than a year of escalating war in the Middle East. The militant groups' main backer Iran also said Sinwar's death would only fuel "the spirit of resistance".
One senior diplomat working in Lebanon told Reuters that hopes Sinwar's death would end the war appeared misplaced. "We had hoped, really throughout this, that getting rid of Sinwar would be the turning point where the wars would end ... where everyone would be ready to put their weapons down. It appears we were once again mistaken," the diplomat said.
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