With Sinwar gone, will Israel and Iran settle for deal in Gaza, Lebanon? - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

A woman walks past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory, October 17, 2024.

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Yahya al-Sinwar (C), Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, shakes hands with a masked fighter of Hamas' Qassam Brigades during a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the group's foundation, in Gaza City on December 14, 2022. Hamas will end talks on securing a prisoner exchange with Israel unless there is progress soon, the militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip said on December 14. Since Israel's 2014 invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group has held the bodies of Israeli so

Analysis

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Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

NIR ELIAS/AFP via Getty Images

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images

Relief and loss: Palestinians in Gaza split over killing of Yahya Sinwar

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Palestinians inspect the damage amid the rubble of a building where two hostages were reportedly held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forcess in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel announced on February 12 the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Hamas-run health ministry said "around 100" Palestinians including children were killed in heavy overnight air

Analysis

Hostages' rescue buys Netanyahu time as Israel braces for longer war in Gaza

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense