Hamas confirmed that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, as Hezbollah vows a new phase of war with Israel.
Hamas confirmed on Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and reiterated its stance that hostages the militant group took from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Khalil al-Hayya, who was Sinwar’s Qatar-based deputy and represented Hamas during several rounds of cease-fire negotiations, said the former Hamas leader died “confronting the occupation army until the last moment of his life.” Hamas will not return any of the hostages, he said, "before the end of the aggression on Gaza and the withdrawal from Gaza.”
This video grab released by the Israeli military on Thursday Oct. 17, 2024, shows a destroyed building, with a person the Israeli military identified as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar seated in chair. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday Sinwar’s death provides “an extraordinary opportunity to achieve a lasting cease-fire” and suggested the U.S. could have a role in helping to stabilize Gaza in the future. “Hopefully countries in the region will step up there,” Austin said at a NATO meeting in Brussels.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations issued a statement honoring Sinwar, emphasizing that he died on the battlefield and not in hiding, unlike their former enemy, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was hanged in 2006. Hezbollah's statement appeared to refer to an explosives-laden drone that evaded Israel’s multilayered air-defense system and slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside Israel last Sunday, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens.
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