Netanyahu promises more war, dashing peace hopes after Hamas leader killed

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might help end more than a year of escalating conflict in the Middle East.Lebanese militant group Hezbollah
of its Palestinian ally Sinwar in Gaza.Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct
7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, a
in recent weeks expanded from fighting against Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza into an invasion of southern Lebanon and the bombardment of
with Western leaders, including U.S
wants to kick-start ceasefire talks and secure the release of hostages, U.S
removed
where everyone would be ready to put their weapons down
with Hamas and Hezbollah have failed as Israel has pressed on with its wars, and its arch foe Iran has looked largely powerless to match
weapons.The conflict has caused the first direct Iranian-Israeli confrontations, including missile attacks on Israel in April and Oct
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Netanyahu has vowed to respond to the October attack, which caused little damage
overall leader following the assassination of political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, was believed to have been hiding in the
warren of tunnels Hamas has built under Gaza over the past two decades.He was killed during a gun battle on Wednesday by Israeli troops
initially unaware they had caught their number one enemy, Israeli officials said.The military released drone video of what it said was
Sinwar, sitting on an armchair and covered in dust inside a destroyed building
He was tracked by the drone as he lay dying, the video showed
As the drone hovered nearby, the video showed him throwing a stick at it, in an apparent act of desperation.Hamas has not made any comment,
but sources within the group have said the indications they have seen suggest Sinwar was indeed killed.He masterminded the Oct
7, 2023 attacks in southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people, according to Israeli authorities
Israel responded by invading Gaza, so far killing more than 42,000 people, according to Palestinian officials.Hezbollah, which began firing
rockets at Israel in support of its Hamas ally on Oct
killings have dealt a blow to what anti-Israeli forces call the Axis of Resistance: a group of proxy militant groups that Iran has spent
Sinwar was an achievement, it would not be complete while captives are still in Gaza.Avi Marciano, father of Noa Marciano, who was killed in