It was around 5:30 in the morning on Thursday in Washington, DC, when senior US officials first got word — and photographs — from their Israeli counterparts: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might be dead. For more than a year since Hamas attacked Israel last October 7,

International leaders heralded the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as an opportunity to begin ceasefire negotiations — an idea Hezbollah, Israel and Hamas have rebuffed.View on euronews

Mr. Sinwar, one of the main architects of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, spent decades with the militant group, working his way to the top of its leadership.