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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death marks a moment of relief for Israelis while providing the opportunity for a “day after” in Gaza without the militant group in power. “Yahya Sinwar was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all of those goals. That obstacle no longer …

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By Jonathan Saul and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Families of Israeli hostages taken captive to Gaza by Islamist group Hamas fear their loved ones are in greater danger after Israeli troops killed the militant group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar.    Israel’s military and the Shin Bet security service confirmed on Thursday that Sinwar, the architect of …

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(Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed. “Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers,” Katz said in a statement. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain will join a programme of European nations to develop long-range missiles, Defence Secretary John Healey said on Thursday, aiming to plug a gap in military inventories that was exposed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.  “We are making a UK commitment to the long-range missile programme, a formal commitment alongside Germany, France, …

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By Jana Choukeir (Reuters) -Israel has killed numerous leaders of Hamas and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah during more than a year of conflict ignited by the Palestinian militant group’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Members of Israel’s security cabinet have been informed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the devastating Oct. 7 …

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By Hatem Khaled and Mahmoud Issa GAZA CITY/DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (Reuters) – As the phone call from his tent on a stretch of beach in Gaza connected him to parents he has not seen for a year because of Israel’s military campaign, the eyes of 13-year-old Maher Abu Sakran lit up with joy. Living in …

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