After the killing of Yahya Sinwar, conflicting stands by Hamas and Israel signal continued deep resistance on both sides to ending the war in Gaza, even as world leaders press the case that Sinwar’s death is a turning point that should be used to unlock stalled cease-fire negotiations.
The Biden administration recently warned that it could suspend military assistance to Israel if it does not ramp up the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza within a month. Israel allows in only a small number of international aid workers through the Kerem Shalom crossing.
“Hopefully, countries in the region will step up,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. For now, Austin said the U.S.’s top priority is getting the remaining hostages held by Hamas released.
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar opens the door for the release of hostages and a cease-fire deal in Gaza, U.S. officials said Thursday. The Pentagon said U.S. forces were not directly involved in the operation that resulted in his death.
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Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most-wanted man.
The Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war, even as the number of people facing the most extreme level of hunger has declined in recent months, the international authority on hunger crises said Thursday.