Hamas leader Sinwar killed in Gaza, Israel says

Netanyahu vows war will go on 'full force' until hostages are returned

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Yahya Sinwar, then Hamas' Gaza chief, gestures at an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City in 2021. © Reuters

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel said on Thursday.

His killing marks a huge success for Israel and a pivotal event in the yearlong conflict. There are a number of possible scenarios for what happens next, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would go on.

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