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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mat Nashed

Why Netanyahu won’t let Israel stop fighting after killing Hamas’s Sinwar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1948 Altalena Affair, a violent confrontation between the Israeli army and the Irgun Zionist paramilitary, in <span>Tel Aviv</span> on June 18, 2024 [Shaul Golan/Pool via AFP]

Beirut, Lebanon – Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat on Wednesday in a surprise shootout in Rafah.

The news raised some hopes among Western commentators that the killing may be an opening for an end to the ongoing war in Gaza or even to the broader Israel-Palestine conflict.

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