After a year of persecution with all the means at their disposal, of which there are many, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ended – somewhat coincidentally – the life of Hamas’s top leader, Yahya Sinwar, in a confrontation armed in Rafah. . The death of the leader, who is credited with conceiving and directing the bloody terrorist attacks and Israeli hostage taking of October 7, has raised hopes in some political circles and governments that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, can consider it as definitive death. victory over Hamas, and thus mark the beginning of the end of the war in Gaza.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, urged the Israeli government to take this path, which would involve the release of hostages still held by Hamas, even if, a few days before the elections, its capacity for influence is practically zero. Other governments – revolted by the genocide that the Israeli government is committing in Gaza, although they are doing nothing to prevent it – and a part of the Israeli public opinion, tired of the war, are also pressure on the Prime Minister in the same direction. But it does not seem that Netanyahu, who will undoubtedly take advantage of this death to increase his popularity – already growing – among the Jewish population, is willing to end now his war policy which brings him so many benefits.
