In Israel, the death of Yahya Sinwar raises hope for a peace plan among some, and the desire to fight it out among others – Libération

While the fighting continues in the Palestinian enclave and Benjamin Netanyahu continues his “war of resurrection”, the hostage families are beginning to hope that an outcome to the conflict can be negotiated.

The Israeli negotiation teams for the release of the hostages were on deck Thursday, October 17, even before the announcement of Yahya Sinwar’s death had been made official. The families of Israeli hostages began to hope. “Since November, we have been told that the only obstacle to an agreement is Sinwar. Now he is dead, we expect there to be results,” said Daniel Lifshitz, whose grandfather Oded is one of the 101 people kidnapped on October 7 still detained in Gaza.

Hamas’s political wing, based abroad, might be more ready to negotiate, but the Israelis are also counting on the disorganization of the movement’s forces on the ground. The Israeli right wants to go even further, by applying maximum military pressure in Gaza, to convince the last remaining agents to surrender. The army is not giving up: a mechanized combat group from the Guivati ​​brigade joined this Friday, October 18