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In recent weeks, IDF and ISA forces, under the command of the Southern Command, have been operating in the southern Gaza Strip, following IDF and ISA intelligence that indicated the suspected locations of senior members of Hamas,
the Israeli military statement read There is no victory whatsoever in this war against Hamas without the return of the hostages,
Now that Sinwar has evidently been killed, ... there is zero justification for doing anything other than all means possible and necessary to get the hostages home.”
Now is the time to move on, move towards a cease-fire in Gaza,
I fear that the motives of Netanyahu’s government are never entirely pure,
Hagay Keren, 52, an attorney from a town south of the northwestern city of Haifa, told NBC News It leaves him in one sense in a strong position,
said Bronwen Maddox, CEO of the London-based international affairs think tank Chatham House There’s going to be huge pressure on him to arrange a cease-fire deal now, from internally in Israel to get the hostages back and from right around the world including from Israel’s allies to bring the killing in Gaza, including of civilians, to an end,
Iran is Hamas strongest ally, which supports the group with money and weapons, and their blessing is key to who becomes Sinwar's successor,
said Abouelhoul, managing editor of the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram in Egypt Hamas is certainly weakened but Sinwar's death is not a death blow for the militia,
Hamas will recover by drawing upon a new generation of leaders, redeveloping its military and technological capacity and appealing to young Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank who have been brutalized by the conflict with Israel,
Once the responsibility for truce negotiations is transferred to Hamas leaders abroad, these negotiations will be subject to external calculations as well, because all these leaders abroad are influenced by the capitals in which they are located, and it is perhaps through these capitals that Hamas can make concessions and initiate a new policy,
Instead of capitalizing on Israel's tactical success to declare victory in Gaza, push for a cease-fire that could also end hostilities in Lebanon, and negotiate a prisoner exchange that would secure the release of the 101 remaining Hamas-held hostages, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu insisted the war would continue until the Israeli military liberated the captives,
he wrote in his latest post on his political blog, ... The Turbulent World." No one in Hamas understands Israel's covert operational patterns better than him. He conducted all the interrogations himself, learning everything from start to finish,
one official told the media outlet You won't find a key event in Hamas's military buildup over the past 25 years in which Mohammed Sinwar wasn't involved,
one military source told the Jerusalem Post We’ll see how things evolve,
he said from a NATO summit in Brussels when asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to continue fighting in Gaza He met his end standing brave, with his head held high, holding his firearm, firing until the last breath, until the last moment of his life,
Hayya stated on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, as quoted by Al Jazeera Hamas will continue until the establishment of the Palestinian state on all Palestinian soil with Jerusalem as its capital,
he declared, as quoted by Al Jazeera Earlier today, reports circulated on social and Israeli media that an UNRWA staff member was killed together with the Hamas head in Gaza,
This is a clear message to all of our enemies — the IDF will reach anyone who attempts to harm the citizens of Israel or our security forces, and we will bring you to justice,
announced Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant If we have internal strife among ourselves, even physical conflict between Israelis, Israel will still survive. It will survive that and that’s the point. [But] anyone who cares about the future of Israel has to understand that without solving the Palestinian issue, Israel won’t survive,