Hezbollah vows to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops a day after Israel said its forces in Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted "our war is not yet ended" after announcing the killing.abc.net.au/news/yahya-sinwar-death-to-become-a-curse-for-israel-hamas-says/104492210Hamas chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya confirmed on Friday that the militant group's leader, Yahya Sinwar, had been killed in combat, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his death.
"Yahya Sinwar and all the leaders and symbols of the movement who preceded him on the path of dignity and martyrdom and the project of liberation and return will only build our movement and resistance in strength." He added that it was "painful and distressing to lose beloved people, especially extraordinary leaders" but that Hamas was sure it would be "eventually victorious".Photos apparently taken by Israeli troops on the scene showed the body of a man who appeared to be Sinwar half-buried in rubble with a gaping wound in his head.
The statement appeared to refer to an explosives-laden drone that evaded Israel's multi-layered air-defence system and slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside Israel last Sunday night, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens. It also announced several missile and artillery attacks on Israeli forces operating in villages in southern Lebanon's border area overnight and Friday morning.
Iran's mission to the United Nations issued a statement honouring Sinwar, emphasising that he died on the battlefield and not in hiding — unlike the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was hanged in 2006.
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