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submitted 14 hours ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Hamas has not commented publicly on the reports.

Sinwar was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people and set off Israel's year-long war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel has made killing him a key objective, and may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.

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[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago

So this means the fighting will stop now, right?

...right?

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

Well, Israeli war aims included diminishing Hamas. But they also included returning any hostages who are still alive. So I think the fighting will continue at least in the short term.

[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago

You forgot "Get all the waterfront land"

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Nobody wants Gaza land, it's a shit hole.

They tried to ignore Gaza before Oct 7, they were focused on the west bank settlements that were actually not garbage.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

perpetually missing hostages that will never be confirmed alive or dead?

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

I mean, that's kind of on Hamas, no?

[-] match@pawb.social 3 points 11 hours ago

hamas doesn't know if they're alive or dead either, considering their command structure is dead

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

They don't know because they didn't care.

It was just terror factor for them, they didn't care what happened, who got hurt, just brutality for brutality's sake.

[-] match@pawb.social 1 points 9 hours ago

i'm pretty sure they made demands asking for palestinians to be released from israeli prisons and I'm pretty sure israel rejected those demands

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 14 hours ago

I just don't see this changing anything.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Meh, it's not a bad thing.

Killing Hamas (who did Oct 7) should make it easier to put things back together afterwards.

Bibi has to go first though, obviously, he's 10 Sinwars.

[-] hmonkey@lemy.lol 16 points 14 hours ago

Nice. Hamas sux

[-] anas@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Let it be known that he was not assassinated while hiding in the tunnels like they claim. This was not some mastermind operation, or proof of the IOF’s capability or willingness to perform precise strikes in Gaza. He was martyred in battle, rifle in hand. A position you will never see bibi in.

and may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.

press X to doubt

[-] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Another one down. Plenty more to go.

[-] Sl00k@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Plenty more to go.

If you're referring to innocent women and children yes that's accurate.

[-] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

BBC will probably hold and “in loving memory of” for him

[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Great, now how many innocent civilians were part of the collateral damage?

[-] IAmNotACat@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Not many people could get a bullseye with 40,000 darts and a year to use them. Fairplay to Israel for their precision on this one.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

During a routine patrol by the IDF, the soldiers encountered three armed men. They exchanged fire and killed them. Israeli officials said the incident was coincidental and not based on intelligence.

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