Israeli assassination of Hamas’s military chief may make Palestine’s Fatah, backed by Arab monarchies, find its voice. Negotiations can gain pace
As West Asia discussed the timing of a possible Israeli attack on Iran, Hamas’s military chief Yahya Sinwar was assassinated. It came as a surprise to some. But, following the assassinations – one by one – of almost all leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, many also expected Sinwar, the second most powerful man in Hamas after Ismail Haniyeh (killed weeks ago), to be eliminated.
There’s of course the possibility that Sinwar was killed by chance. Though Israel presents Sinwar’s killing as a major military success, some Israeli sources say his death wasn’t a planned assassination, but the result of a chance encounter between military units on the ground.
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