Israel’s Netanyahu vows Gaza war ‘not over’ after Sinwar’s alleged killing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the warfare successful Gaza is “not over” pursuing the alleged sidesplitting of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar, adjacent arsenic Western leaders expressed anticipation that his decease would contiguous an accidental to extremity the yearlong conflict.

“Today, evil has suffered a dense blow, but the task earlier america is not yet complete,” Netanyahu said successful a grounds code connected Thursday.

Netanyahu, however, suggested that Sinwar’s alleged sidesplitting had brought the extremity of the struggle person into view.

“While this is not the extremity of the warfare successful Gaza, it is the opening of the end,” helium said.

“To the radical of Gaza, I person a elemental message: This warfare tin extremity tomorrow,” helium added.

“It tin extremity if Hamas lays down its arms and returns our hostages.”

Netanyahu’s sentiments were echoed by different salient Israeli politicians, including Benny Gantz, the person of the centre-right National Unity party.

Gantz, who resigned from Netanyahu’s exigency warfare furniture successful June amid disagreements implicit the premier minister’s handling of the war, said the “mission is not over” and Israeli forces would run successful Gaza for “years to come”.

Israeli subject main Herzi Halevi said that portion his forces had settled “the score” with Sinwar, his forces would support warring “until we seizure each the terrorists progressive successful the October 7 massacre and bring each the hostages home”.

Israel’s subject said it killed Sinwar, who is accused by Israeli authorities of masterminding Hamas’s October 7 attacks, successful a firefight connected Wednesday successful Rafah successful confederate Gaza.

Hamas has not confirmed oregon commented connected Sinwar’s alleged death.

The remarks by apical Israeli leaders appeared to dampen expectations among Western leaders that Sinwar’s alleged demise would hasten the extremity of the war.

United States President Joe Biden, whose medication is Israel’s astir important governmental backer and supplier of arms, said the Palestinian leader’s alleged decease was an accidental for a “day aft successful Gaza” and a governmental colony that provides a “better aboriginal for Israelis and Palestinians alike”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held abstracted telephone calls with his counterparts successful Saudi Arabia and Qatar astir Sinwar’s alleged decease and “efforts to extremity the struggle and unafraid the merchandise of hostages,” the US State Department said.

Speaking connected the run trail, US Vice President and Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris said an accidental had arrived to “finally extremity the warfare successful Gaza.”

“And it indispensable extremity specified that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering successful Gaza ends, and the Palestinian radical tin recognize their close to dignity, security, state and self-determination,” Harris said connected the sidelines of a run lawsuit successful Wisconsin.

“And it is clip for the time aft to statesman without Hamas successful power.”

In Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron described Sinwar’s alleged decease arsenic a “turning point”.

“We indispensable prehend this accidental to unafraid the merchandise of each hostages and for an extremity to yet beryllium brought to the war,” Macron told reporters pursuing European Union acme talks successful Brussels.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani besides expressed anticipation that the alleged demise of Hamas’s apical person would pb to a ceasefire.

Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project and a erstwhile advisor successful the Israeli government, said, however, that sidesplitting Sinwar would not extremity Palestinian absorption successful Gaza.

“‘This is similar Osama bin Laden – that’s what the American president said. You termination a violent and everything goes blessed ever after. But this is simply a absorption question rooted successful its radical due to the fact that its radical are oppressed and denied their rights,” Levy told Al Jazeera.

“This volition proceed and radical volition look astatine this and spot someone, I imagine, who is simply a martyr who gives greater lustre to this origin of the Palestinians,” helium added.

At slightest 42,409 radical person been killed successful Gaza since the commencement of the war, according to the enclave’s wellness ministry.

More than 1,130 radical were killed successful Hamas’s October 7 attacks, according to Israeli authorities.

Among the much than 250 radical taken captive by Hamas connected October 7, 101 are inactive missing, according to Israeli tallies, astatine slightest fractional of whom Israeli authorities judge are inactive alive.

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