Yahya Sinwar was a brutal murderer and terrorist who was bent on eradicating Israel and its people. As mastermind behind the October 7 terror attacks, he brought death to thousands of people and immeasurable suffering across an entire region,
We should seize this opportunity to free hostages and to end the war,
His death is certainly significantly weakening Hamas,
This moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza,
We see an opportunity now that we want to seize to try to secure the release of the hostages,
Now's the time to move on. Move on, move towards a ceasefire in Gaza, make sure that we are moving in a direction that we're going to be able to make things better for the whole world,
In the days ahead, the United States will redouble its efforts with partners to end this conflict, secure the release of all hostages, and chart a new path forward that will enable the people of Gaza to rebuild their lives and realize their aspirations free from war and free from the brutal grip of Hamas,
It’s a test of Israeli leadership,
I think we ought to take a deep breath here,
What more goals do they have than that? Enough. We want to go back,
Sinwar’s end, end the war.”
Sinwar's death would provide a renewed opening for President Biden to again push for the first phase of the ceasefire deal to be implemented and it would increase pressure on Netanyahu to do so,
Bibi's like a gambler with a hot hand, and in his mind, all the big risks he's taken in the last six months, which people said were crazy, have paid off, and most spectacularly in killing Yahya Sinwar,
With Israel's revenge account still open with Iran and proxy rockets dropping on Tel Aviv, it will be hard for PM Netanyahu to pivot to peace,
Of course, there will be tough decisions that the Israelis will need to make to get an agreement to end this war, and we have made clear any number of times that we will have very direct, candid conversations about the need to make those tough decisions. But we weren't even in a place to do that when you have no one at the other end of the table willing to even agree to negotiate.”
We are waiting to see how the dice will roll, what will be the result of the new gamble we are now in,
If Netanyahu does not leverage this momentum and does not place a new Israeli initiative on the table — even at the cost of ending the war — that means he’s decided to abandon my son Matan and the other hostages, with the goal of prolonging the war in order to fortify his reign,
I don’t want to predict too much what our efforts will look like over the course of the days because we are just hours after what is a seismic event that changes the nature of this conflict, but we believe it is an opportunity to try and bring an end to this war, and we’re determined to try and seize that opportunity,
That obstacle has obviously been removed. Can’t predict that that means whoever replaces (Sinwar) will agree to a ceasefire, but it does remove what has been in recent months the chief obstacle to getting one,
Israel, the Middle East and the free world is a safer place with the death of Yahya Sinwar. Terror will never win."