Message to Netanyahu; Sinwar’s death means you can stop the war and bring the hostages home. Do it | Jonathan Freedland
The Israeli PM can claim the ‘total victory’ he wanted in his war on Hamas. Now he must try to secure the peace
A good day for the world, said Joe Biden. The best day of my life, said Mohammed, a 22-year-old Palestinian in Gaza, who refused to give his last name to the New York Times for fear of being punished by Hamas for speaking out. A day of celebration, said countless Israelis.
They were reacting to the death of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and architect of the 7 October massacre of 1,200 Israelis that unleashed this last year of devastation, a war that has turned Gaza into rubble and taken the lives of thousands upon thousands of Palestinian civilians. As Mohammed put it: “[He] started the war, scattered us and made us displaced, without water, food or money … He is the one who made Israel do this.”
Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist
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