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DEFENSE DETERMINATION. Pigeons gather around umbrellas as people rest at the beach in Tel Aviv, on Wednesday amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. A senior Hamas official told AFP Sinwar’s selection sent a message that the organization ‘continues its path of resistance.’ Analysts believe Sinwar has been both more reluctant to agree to a Gaza ceasefire and closer to Tehran than Haniyeh, who lived in Qatar.
A senior Hamas official told AFP Sinwar’s selection sent a message that the organization “continues its path of resistance.” In Tel Aviv, logistics company manager Hanan, who did not want to give his second name, said Sinwar’s appointment meant Hamas “did not see fit to look for someone less militant, someone with a less murderous approach.”
President Joe Biden this week spoke with regional leaders, while Blinken told reporters the message of restraint had also been communicated “directly” to both Israel and Iran. The Israeli military later said its jets had destroyed a launcher on Wednesday night that had been used by Hezbollah to send drones towards the Golan Heights earlier in the evening.
The Hamas attack resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.
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