Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured that this Thursday “is the beginning of the day after Hamas”, a few moments after the confirmation of the agreement. death of the leader of the Islamist group and mastermind of the October 7 attacks, Yahya Sinwar, and offered Hamas militants that he would let them leave alive if they stopped the fighting.
“I would like to repeat it, in the clearest way: Hamas will no longer govern Gaza. “This is the beginning of the post-Hamas era and it is an opportunity for you, residents of Gaza, to finally free yourselves from its tyranny,” the Israeli leader said.
Furthermore, Netanyahu also offered a sort of safe passage to the Hamas militiamen who are still holding 97 hostages captive in Gaza since October 7, 2023 (at least a third of them are already dead), to whom he told that ‘They abandoned their weapons and returned the hostages will be able to leave the Gaza Strip and continue to live: “Those who raise their hands, we will allow them to go out and live“.
On the other hand, he was just as belligerent in the event that there was no capitulation and the war did not end with the death of Sinwar: “And in the same way I say: whoever does harm to our hostages, bleeding on the head. The return of our hostages is an opportunity to achieve all our objectives and brings the end of the war closer. However, at the same time, the Israeli leader reiterated, in his usual hawkish tone, that the country remains immersed in the “war of resurrection”, and asking God for help, he assured that there was still ” great challenges to be taken up.
A few minutes earlier, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, considered the mastermind of the October 7 attack, had been killed by the Israeli army.
“Rabbi Yahya Sinwar, responsible for the massacre and horrors of October 7, has now been eliminated by IDF soldiers. This is a great military and moral achievement for Israel and a victory in the free world against the evil axis of extremist Islam led by Iran “The elimination of Sinwar creates the possibility of freeing the captors and bringing about change that will lead to a new reality in Gaza, without Hamas and without Iranian control,” Katz said in a message sent to the other foreign ministers.
“Now more than ever, Israel needs support and help to jointly promote these important goals,” added the Israeli Foreign Minister.
Sinwar, who was appointed general leader of Hamas After the assassination of political leader Ismail Haniyeh in July in Tehran, he died in an Israeli attack along with two others. According to Reuters, an IDF attack occurred when it accidentally detected several Hamas operatives in the southern part of the Gaza Strip and launched an attack.
