They only hope that the man that used force to grab power IN Gaza and use violece to keep it in being gone will enable theier people and the Israeli’s to find a way to end the violence and destruction of their homes and land…
The question IS?
What will be Hamas going forward?
President Biden has doubled down on pushing Israeli President Netanyahu to find a way to end the conflict, get hostages and POW’s freed and help rebuild Gaza and the West bak wit a form of goverance that ALL parties can agree to and LIVE WITH….
It will NOT be say….
The next American President will have a HUGE role to play in this going forward …
Hamas may NOT want to give up power in Gaza , which will keep Israel hunting for the groups fighter’s even longer….
By the Way?
There has been NO DIRECT Israeli attack against Iran….
Hamas confirmed the killing of Mr. Sinwar in a televised eulogy on Friday by his longtime deputy, Khalil al-Hayya, who said the loss had changed nothing for the armed group or its war with Israel. The remarks by Mr. al-Hayya stood in contrast to the optimism expressed a short time earlier by President Biden, who said Mr. Sinwar’s death presented “an opportunity to seek a path to peace” in the yearlong war in Gaza.
“We are continuing Hamas’s path,” Mr. al-Hayya, who lives in exile in Qatar, said in the group’s first official comments about Mr. Sinwar’s killing by Israeli forces, adding that the slain leader’s “banner will not fall.”
Speaking to reporters in Berlin on Friday, Mr. Biden called Mr. Sinwar’s death “a moment of justice” and a chance at “a better future in Gaza without Hamas.” He plans to send Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to Israel in the coming days to discuss securing Gaza and postwar planning, an effort to jump-start cease-fire talks that have been stalled for months.
The president spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, whose office said that both leaders had agreed there was an “opportunity to advance the release of the hostages” captured in last year’s Hamas-led attacks in Israel as part of a cease-fire deal. Dozens of hostages are still being held by Hamas and its allies in Gaza.
Mr. Sinwar orchestrated the Hamas assault on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed up to 1,200 people, captured some 250 hostages and prompted an Israeli retaliation that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and left much of the Gaza Strip in ruin.
He was considered the driving force behind Hamas’s refusal to surrender, and his survival made it impossible for Israel to declare victory. But after Mr. Sinwar’s killing, Mr. Netanyahu made it clear that he would continue to direct the Israeli military to pursue Hamas. “This is not the end of the war in Gaza,” he said in a video address. “It is the beginning of the end.”
Here’s what else to know:
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Relief in Gaza: Many war-weary Palestinians in Gaza reacted to Mr. Sinwar’s death with relief on Thursday. Some in Khan Younis, his hometown, expressed hope that the war might soon end, while others blamed him for starting the conflict by organizing the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
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Unlikely find: For over a year, Israel’s security establishment, backed by the United States, dedicated vast resources to its hunt for Mr. Sinwar, who was thought to be hiding in Hamas’s tunnel network under Gaza. Ultimately, a unit of trainee squad commanders unexpectedly encountered Mr. Sinwar above ground while on an operation in southern Gaza.
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Netanyahu weighs push: Mr. Netanyahu, directing remarks on Thursday toward Palestinians in Gaza, said that the war could end “tomorrow,” if Hamas laid down its arms and returned the hostages. Hamas has survived the deaths of many previous leaders, and Mr. Netanyahu must still weigh a renewed push for a hostage deal against the priorities of his allies in government who want him to continue the war
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Hamas’s next steps: Mr. Sinwar’s killing was a powerful blow to a violent organization that had already seen several senior leaders killed since the war in Gaza began. Though few experts expect Hamas to collapse, they said his elimination could cause a leadership vacuum and more chaos in its ranks. It remained unclear when Hamas would announce a successor.
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Hostage families react: For the families and supporters of the hostages remaining in Gaza, the killing of Mr. Sinwar, their chief captor, brought both a moment of satisfaction and deep trepidation over the fate of the captives…..
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Lebanon knocks Iran as the Israeli’s tear up their country looking for Hezbollah….
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister accused Iran on Friday of meddling in the country’s affairs, opening up a rare diplomatic spat after Iran’s parliament speaker remarked that his country was ready to help negotiate terms to bring about a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The reported remarks amounted to “a blatant interference in Lebanese affairs,” said the prime minister, Najib Mikati, who later summoned Tehran’s envoy to answer for them — a highly unusual rebuke by a top Lebanese official given the stranglehold that Iran-backed Hezbollah has on the country….
UN Peacekeepers will stay in Lebanon despite the Israeli unhappiness with them…
U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon have experienced a series of deliberate attacks by the Israeli military in recent days, but the peacekeeping force will maintain its positions along the border despite Israeli pressure to withdraw, according to a spokesman for the force, known as UNIFIL.
The UNIFIL spokesman, Andrea Tenenti, told reporters by video link from Beirut on Friday that the Israeli military had “repeatedly targeted our positions, endangering the safety of our troops.” He added that Hezbollah was also endangering the peacekeeping troops by launching rockets near their positions into Israel. UNIFIL has 10,000 troops from 50 countries occupying 29 positions close to the border between Israel and Lebanon, where they monitor the conflict and try to coordinate deliveries of humanitarian aid to the civilians remaining in southern Lebanon….
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The people of Gaza are relieved qwith the death of Yahya Sinwar, who used violence to gain power and bring more violence and destruction in the last year at them….
As news of Yahya Sinwar’s death spread through the Gaza Strip on Thursday night, war-weary Palestinians there expressed one emotion again and again: relief.
“The first moment I heard his death, I felt relieved that finally we will have a truce or cease-fire on the ground,” said Shorouq Abu Hammad, 22, as she was out shopping in Khan Younis, Mr. Sinwar’s hometown. Many of her neighbors felt the same way, she said, about the death of a man who “caused all this tragedy for the Gazan people.”….
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“I hope the next leader of Hamas can be a more diplomatic and wise person who can stop this war through negotiations and political channels,” he said.
Others in the coffee shop were less optimistic.
Ahmed Awad, 21, whose university studies in design were interrupted by the war, said he had “lost hope” that it would end. But he, too, said he felt “a kind of relief” when he heard Mr. Sinwar had been killed.
“Sinwar’s death may make some supporters of his sad and angry, but the majority of other people won’t feel that way because they lost everything,” Mr. Awad said. “He is gone now, and we will see what he has left behind.”…
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Oct 18, 2024 – ISW Press
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will not end the operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Sinwar’s death is unlikely to trigger a rethink within Hamas about its basic strategy, which is to survive the war and secure a ceasefire that results in a total Israeli withdrawal.
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