THE death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwaropens a new scenario in the war. It was a shot from an Israeli attack just 20 meters away that killed the terrorist, one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks. It was this Friday that the organization confirmed the death of its highest leader and, although it assured that this does not mean the end of the fight, several countries – including the United States – see it as a a “window of opportunity” which was opened for the end of the war.
This is what the President of the United States said, Joe Biden; the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz; French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmerduring a meeting they held this Friday in Berlin; and in which they addressed support for Ukraine and the situation that now exists in the Middle East following Sinwar’s death.
“This is an opportunity to seek a path to peacefor a better future in Gaza without Hamas,” Biden said during a brief appearance before the press, and called the death of the Hamas leader a “moment of justice.” For his part, the German president, who again stressed Israel has “the right to defend itself” and expressed hope that Sinwar’s death will open “a concrete perspective for achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and an agreement for the release of hostages held by Hamas” .
After the meeting, Starmer highlighted the need to “seize the moment” to achieve “a ceasefire in Gaza, the unconditional release of hostages, immediate access of humanitarian aid to Gaza and a return to the path of the two-state solution as the only path to long-term peace and security.
He also spoke Kamala HarrisJoe Biden’s successor and Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States, spoke about what happened and insisted that it represented an opportunity to end Israel’s war and finally achieve peace. peace. “Everyone must seize this opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza, bring the hostages home and end the suffering once and for all” Harris said at a rally outside Detroit, Michigan.
The UN position
In the same vein as these leaders, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterresalso spoke out and said that Sinwar’s death must “lead to an immediate ceasefirefor the unconditional release of all hostages and free access to humanitarian aid in Gaza.”
The spokesperson also recalled that Tor Wennesland, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process and its highest representative on the ground, assured that the disappearance of the Hamas leader restarted the war.at a critical moment“. “We must seize the moment – declared Wennesland, quoted by the spokesperson – to silence the guns and free the hostages” (it is estimated that 101 remain, alive or dead) and so that “the parties engage in dialogue and reach agreement. »
Likewise, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, urged the international community to “completely” sanction and isolate Israel until “the genocide against the Palestinian people ceases” and regretted – directly pointing the finger at the United States – that certain countries provide them with “cover and political support”.
“Citizens are being killed in the Gaza Strip and children are starving to death before the eyes of the whole world, and some Western countries are coordinating with the US administration to observe what is happening in Palestine without doing anything. So there is a racist regime which is superior to the humanity that the Palestinian people need,” denounced Fakhri in an interview collected by the Wafa agency.
Successor to the leader of Hamas
Following the assassination of Yahya Sinwar during an operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Hamas issued a statement through its official channels warning that his death “will only further strengthen” the group and that “the occupation will soon regret” what happened. Likewise, they were direct and assured that the death of their top leader ‘doesn’t mean the end’.
This is why they intend to elect his successor as soon as possible. And despite the death of the highest leader, there are still important names in their ranks. On the hardest wing there is the the leader’s little brother murdered, Mohamed Sinwar, although more political profiles who sat down with Israel to negotiate the ceasefire also stand out.
Among the latter, I would highlight Khalil Al Jayyaa man who spoke to the armed group and who played a key role in negotiations for the release of the hostages. He was precisely the one responsible for announcing Sinwar’s death. and assured that he would give them “tenacity and insistence to continue their journey”. Among the political profiles who will succeed Sinwar, Mousa Abu Marzouk also stands out, fundamental for the group’s economy and financing.
In the most radical part is found Mahmoud al-Zaharstrong man when Hamas came to power in Gaza 20 years ago and who survived several assassination attempts; either Mohamed Deif.
Among their ranks there are still Khaled Mechlawho already led Hamas between 2004 and 2017.
