The president of the United States, Joe Bidenassured this Thursday that, after the death of Yahya Sinwartop leader of Hamas, there is a “opportunity” for an agreement to end the war and plan a future for Gaza Strip without Hamas in power. “Yahya Sinwar was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all of these objectives. That obstacle no longer exists, but there is still a lot of work ahead,” said Biden, who announced that he will “soon” speak by phone with the Israeli prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu.
The American president stated that plans to congratulate Netanyahu and other leaders Israelis for the death of Sinwar and seek a “way” for the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023 they can return to their homes and to “put an end once and for all to this war that has caused so much devastation to innocent people.” Furthermore, he added that “now there is the opportunity for a day after in Gaza without Hamas in power and a political agreement that provides a better future for both Israelis and Palestinians.
The president drew a parallel between the “relief” what this day could mean for the Israelis with what the operation that killed the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, in 2011 under the Government of Barack Obama (2009-2017), in which Biden served as vice president.
Biden explained that the Israeli authorities informed his foreign team this Thursday morning about a mission carried out in the Gaza Strip that, at the time, it was believed could have ended Sinwar’s life, something that the Israeli Executive later confirmed. after performing DNA tests. “This is a good day for Israelfor USA and for the world,” Biden emphasized.
The president added that, after the attacks of October 7orchestrated by Sinwar, ordered a elite teamcomposed of special operations personnel and intelligence experts, collaborate closely with their Israeli counterparts with the aim of locating Sinwar and other senior Hamas leaders. “With our intelligence information, Israeli forces were able to prelentlessly prosecute Hamas leadersdrawing them out of their hiding places and forcing them to flee,” Biden said.
Born in a refugee camp in Khan Yuniscity in southern Gaza, Sinwar was elected leader of Hamas in Gaza in 2017 after establishing a reputation as a staunch enemy of Israel and on August 6 – after the assassination in Tehran of the then head of the political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh – he was chosen to occupy the highest position in the organization chart of the Islamist group. represented the hardest and most belligerent line of the group and is considered by Israel to be the mastermind of the October 7 attacks against Israeli territory in which some 1,200 people died and another 250 were kidnapped, which made him the most wanted man by Israel.
