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(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden says securing a cease-fire and bringing hostages home are the main focuses aft the decease of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the warfare isn't over. Meanwhile, Hezbollah says Sinwar's decease lone stands to escalate its warfare with Israel.
Israeli, US effect to Sinwar's decease
Following Thursday's announcement, Israel’s subject released a drone video that shows a idiosyncratic they accidental is Sinwar conscionable earlier helium died by Israeli vessel fire.
Biden spoke with Netanyahu aft Sinwar’s decease and congratulated him connected the news. Despite a renewed propulsion for a cease-fire, however, Israel said the warfare isn’t over.
Netanyahu said helium wants Israel to support semipermanent power implicit Gaza and added that immoderate Hamas subordinate who helps with hostage rescue and turns their weapons successful volition beryllium offered amnesty.
In Iran, Sinwar’s decease has strengthened the tone of resistance, the country’s UN squad said.
The U.S. subject has boots connected the crushed successful Israel operating an aerial defence strategy to support against a imaginable Iranian attack.
Hostages successful Hamas detention
About 101 Israeli hostages stay successful Hamas custody and dozens are believed to beryllium dead.
Twenty-three-year-old Israeli American worker Omer Neutra is 1 of those remaining hostages believed to beryllium alive.
Hamas took him successful October 2023. His parents called for bid aft the announcement of Sinwar’s death.
"We are astatine an inflection constituent wherever the goals acceptable for the warfare with Gaza person been achieved, each but the merchandise of the hostages,” Neutera’s father, Ronen Neutra, said.
Sinwar was described arsenic a large obstacle to a deal.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to question to Israel aboriginal adjacent week.
