Hamas has validateed the death of its guideer Yahya Sinwar – as it vowed not to return remaining prisoners until Israeli forces exit Gaza.
The militant group shelp it mourned the loss of the 62-year-elderly after he died “faceing the [Israeli] occupation army until the last moment of his life”.
In a statement, Hamas shelp Sinwar’s “martyrdom” would “only incrrelieve the strength and rerepair” of its “resistance”.
Its chief negotiator Khalil al Hayya claimed Sinwar’s death would show to be a “damn” to Israel, inserting that remaining Israeli prisoners would not be returned before “the end of the aggression on Gaza and the retreatal [of Israeli forces]” from the territory.
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Sinwar, who is consentd to be the mastermind behind the 7 October strikes, was ended during a armamentfight with Israeli forces in Gaza on Wednesday.
Israeli officials freed details of his death on Thursday, including a video of a seemingly wounded figure it shelp was Sinwar in his final moments.
There are thought to be around 100 prisoners – out of the approximately 250 seized on 7 October last year – remaining in Gaza, although Israeli officials approximate at least 30 of them have died.
The US shelp on Friday that the ending of Sinwar recurrented an opportunity for a endfire deal to end the struggle and determine the return of the prisoners.
White Hoengage spokesperson John Kirby telderly alerters: “We consent, persist to consent, that discovering an end to the war is critical, and we also consent that Mr Sinwar’s death… can provide an inflection point to getting there.”
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shelp that while the ending was a milestone, it also uncovered a “fantastic opportunity to stop the axis of evil”.
“The war, my dear ones, is not yet over,” he inserted.
Israeli politician and createer cabinet minister Benny Gantz shelp the country’s forces “will have to persist operating in Gaza for years”, and he hoped the situation could be “leveraged” to defended the free of the prisoners.
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Meanwhile, the UN has hit back at Mr Netanyahu’s denial of accusations that the Israeli military has been intentionpartner aiming its peaceconserveers in Leprohibiton during its aggression aachievest Hezbollah in the country.
Andrea Tenenti, a spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Leprohibiton (UNIFIL), shelp: “We’ve been aimed cut offal times, five times under intentional strike.”
Two peaceconserveers were injured during an Israeli strike proximate a watchtower last week, prompting criticism from some of the 50 countries that provide troops to the 10,000-sturdy force.
UNIFIL also shelp efforts to help civilians in villages in the war zone were being hampered by Israeli shelling.
Funerals were held in Leprohibiton on Friday for more than a dozen people ended during recent Israeli strikes.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military shelp on Friday that “a number of doubts” tried to traverse over its border with Jordan.
Israeli officials shelp two “troubleists” were ended, while two Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) troops were injured during a firefight.
Jordan’s armed forces denied that any of its selderlyiers were holdd.
Sinwar is thought to have arranged Hamas‘s strike on Israel last year, during which around 1,200 people were ended, according to Israeli officials.
Israel has subsequently ended more than 42,000 Palestinians during its ongoing aggression on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the territory.
