Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Is Dead, But Will It End The War?
Yahya Sinwar’s death may have come as a setback for Hamas. But it may not end the war on Gaza.
Ian Parmeter worked for 37 years in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Office of National Assessments. He is also a former Australian ambassador to Lebanon. He is currently a Research Scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University.
Yahya Sinwar’s death may have come as a setback for Hamas. But it may not end the war on Gaza.
With the war in Gaza showing no sign of abating and the whole Middle East on a knife’s edge, the killing raises questions about whether it may spark a wider regional war.
With criticism of Israel mounting on the global stage, the Biden administration has inserted the United States’ long-standing support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The real significance of Hamas’s operation is that such a non-policy can no longer continue.