For Benjamin Netanyahu, the death of Yahya Sinouar marks the beginning of “after Hamas”

INTERNATIONAL – For Israel, this is a huge victory. The Hebrew State announced this Thursday, October 17, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinouar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech that “its elimination constitutes an important step in the decline of Hamas”.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was published on the social network X in Hebrew. You can listen to it again translated into French in the BFMTV video below. For the conservative leader, the death of Yahya Sinouar “is the beginning of post-Hamas”. “This is an opportunity for you, the people of Gaza, to liberate yourselves,” he continues.

“To the Hamas terrorists I say, your leaders are fleeing and they will be eliminated. I appeal to all those who hold our hostages. Whoever lays down his arms and returns our hostages, we will allow him to come out and live. Whoever harms our hostages, we will settle the score.”warns Benjamin Netanyahu, put under pressure by the population for the return of the Israelis kidnapped on October 7, 2023.

Moreover, the Prime Minister emphasizes that “the return of our hostages is an opportunity to achieve all our objectives and win the war”. “Evil has taken a severe blow, but the task before us is not yet finished”however, he asserts in this public declaration.

The army chief of staff, Israeli General Herzi Halevi, also warned: the war “ won’t stop” before the capture of all the perpetrators of the October 7 attack and the return of “ all the hostages » detained in Gaza.

Hope for the hostages

The death of Yahya Sinouar, “ the main responsible for the barbaric terrorist attacks » against Israel a little over a year ago, was congratulated by French President Emmanuel Macron on X. “On this day, I think with emotion of the victims, including 48 of our compatriots, and their loved ones. France demands the release of all hostages still held by Hamas,” wrote the head of state.

US President Joe Biden, for his part, welcomed the death of the Hamas leader and spoke “Happy day for Israel, the United States and the world” which offers the“opportunity for a political settlement” in the Gaza Strip. “It is now possible to envisage a “day after” in Gaza,” he assured in a press release. “Yahya Sinouar was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all these goals. This obstacle no longer exists ».

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