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USA TodayOCT 2024
Israel: Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Killed in Rafah
Above: Yahya al-Sinwar, the Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, addresses supporters during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. Image copyright: Mohammed Abed/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Sinwar's death will be a good opportunity to restart negotiations and work toward a cease-fire that ends this war. US officials have spent months frustrated with the lack of progress in Doha and Cairo, but now, though things are still uncertain, there is a real chance that peace can come at last.
Pro-Israel narrative
The world will be a better place without Yahya Sinwar in it. Though his death may not lead to Hamas' collapse or the end of this war, the primary mastermind behind the group's Oct. 7 massacres is gone. Justice has been served.
Pro-Palestine narrative
Sinwar's life and death demonstrate why his reported killing will not be the end of Palestinian resistance. Born in one of Gaza's dense refugee camps to a family ethnically cleansed from what is now Ashkelon, Sinwar dedicated his life to fighting Israel. Israel's war on Gaza has likely created a thousand Yahya Sinwars.