War in Gaza: Israel bombs Gaza again after killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Israel carried out this Friday new bombings in the Gaza Stripafter inflicting a heavy blow on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas with the murder of their leader, Yahya Sinwar.

Israel, which maintains a double front at the same time in Gaza y Lebanon announced on Thursday the death of Sinwar killed the day before in an operation by his soldiers in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile he continues his offensive in Lebanon contra Hezbollah ally of Hamas and also supported by Iran.

The death of the leader Hamas considered the architect of the unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023 on Israeli territory, marks “the beginning of the end” of the war in Gaza said the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Chief of the Army Staff, General Herzi Halevi assured that the war “it won’t stop” before the capture of all the perpetrators of the attack and the return of “all the hostages” held in Gazathe two declared objectives by Israel of its offensive in the Palestinian territory.

Hamas has not confirmed the death but a senior movement official said Friday that the Palestinian Islamist group will not be eliminated.

“It seems that Israel thinks that killing our leaders means the end of our movement and the struggle of the palestinian people“he told AFP Basem Naim.

“Hamas “It is a movement led by people seeking freedom and dignity, and that cannot be eliminated,” he added.

Sinwar61 years old, led Hamas in Gaza since 2017 and was named political leader of the movement in August following the death of Ismail Haniyehkilled in Tehran on July 31 in an attack attributed to Israel.

“Path to peace”

The American president, Joe Biden welcomed the announcement of his death and said that it is “an opportunity to seek the path to peace.”

He Family Forum the main association of families of hostages in Israel, “urged to take advantage of this great advance to guarantee the return” of the last captives.

In Tel Aviv, in front of a morgue where the body of Sinwar to perform “additional exams According to the police, several people danced and sang, according to AFP images.

The death of Sinwar comes in a context of maximum tension in Middle Eastc Israel bombing positions Hezbollah in Lebanon since September 23.

After a year of crossfire at the border, Israel On September 30, it launched a ground offensive in the south of Lebanon contra Hezbollah.

The objective is to allow the return to the north of their territory of some 60,000 displaced people last year due to rocket launches.

The official Lebanese news agency Years reported again on Friday of Israeli raids on southern villages overnight, one of which destroyed the ancient mosque of Majdel Selmnear the border.

For your part Hezbollah he said he had shot “a great barrage of rockets” against the north of Israel and announced during the night that it had attacked Israeli soldiers near two border towns.

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“Real risk” of famine in Gaza

At least 1,418 people have died in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP count based on official data. The HIM has accounted for almost 700,000 displaced people.

In the Gaza Strip, an AFP and Civil Defense journalist reported several bombings during the night. Three children died in northern Gazaaccording to the Civil Defense, while a drone attack killed two Palestinians in the same area.

The army announced that it was continuing its operations in Jabaliyain the north of the territory, where he assures that Hamas He is trying to regain his strength.

The agency of the HIM for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) alert of a “real risk” of famine in the Palestinian territory and accuses “several members of the Israeli government” of turning it into “a weapon of war.”

At least 42,438 Palestinians have been killed, mostly civilians, in the Israeli offensive in Gazaaccording to data from the territory’s Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the HIM.

The attack of Hamas October 7, 2023 left 1,206 dead in Israelmostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on data Israeli officers which includes hostages who died or died in captivity in Gaza.

That day, 251 people were kidnapped, of which 97 remain captive, 34 of whom were declared dead by the army.