(Ottawa) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip “ends a reign of terror.”
Posted at 4:28 p.m.
Dylan Robertson
The Canadian Press
The Israeli army said Thursday it killed Sinwar during fighting on Wednesday and confirmed his death through a DNA test.
Sinwar was one of the main architects of the attack on Israel last October, which sparked an Israeli ground invasion and a conflict that affected countries across the Middle East.
Mr. Trudeau called Sinwar a “brutal leader” of a group that Canada considers a terrorist organization that “sought to destroy Israel and launched senseless and devastating terrorist attacks against civilians across the region.”
The Prime Minister also reiterated Canada’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Earlier, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Sinwar’s death “gives us the opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza.”
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