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IDF Expands Humanitarian Effort in Northern Gaza as Battle Intensifies

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US support "to Israel's right to defend itself is ironclad... and that's not going to change."

The US' "ironclad commitment to Israel's security... has never been stronger."

"Without humanitarian aid, even our best friends will find it difficult to support us for a long time."

"Israel has to be very careful, because you're losing a lot of the world, you're losing a lot of support."

"If [Israel] keeps this up with this incredibly conservative government... they're going to lose support from around the world."

Israelis "are facing major, possibly generational damage to their reputation."

"[U]nless Israel changes its course it will continue to lose support."

Israel is "burning through its reserves of international support."

"When all this is over... International sympathy will have expired and Israel will be forced to exist in an even greater state of siege."

Will Israel Lose International Support for Its Campaign in Gaza?

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Who Will Control the Gaza Strip After the Israel-Gaza War?

The Israeli military said on Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in Rafah on Wednesday. Israeli forces reportedly saw a group of gunmen enter a building, calling in a strike. After assessing the aftermath, a body resembling Sinwar was found.

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A DNA sample was taken to confirm that the body is Sinwar. Media reports in the past indicated that Sinwar was surrounded by Israeli hostages, but the Israeli army noted that no hostages were in the area. Hamas has not yet commented on the news.

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The families of those still held captive in Gaza welcomed the news that Sinwar had been killed but urged the government to leverage "this major achievement into an immediate deal to secure hostages’ return."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing Sinwar's killing, said that the war is not over and that in Gaza, Lebanon, and the region, "light is prevailing over darkness." He called on Hamas to release the remaining Israeli hostages.

Meanwhile, Reuters reported on Thursday that Israel has stopped processing requests from traders to import food to Gaza since Oct. 11. According to official Israeli data, the flow of goods arriving in Gaza has reached its lowest level since the start of the war. Israel denied that it was blocking supplies into Gaza.

Reuters

Politico reported on Wednesday that Lise Grande — the top US official working on the humanitarian situation in Gaza — told aid groups in August that the US would not pause weapon shipments to Israel for blocking food and medicine from entering the strip because Israel was too close of an ally.

Politico

Sinwar's death will be a good opportunity to restart negotiations and work toward a cease-fire that ends this war. US officials have spent months frustrated with the lack of progress in Doha and Cairo, but now, though things are still uncertain, there is a real change that peace can come at last.

Biden: Sinwar’s death injects uncertainty — but also an opening — into possibly resolving Gaza conflict

The world will be a better place without Yahya Sinwar in it. Though his death may not lead to Hamas' collapse or the end of this war, the primary mastermind behind the group's Oct. 7 massacres is gone. Justice has been served.

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Will Yahya Sinwar's death end Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza? - analysis

Sinwar's life and death demonstrates why his killing will not be the end of Palestinian resistance. Born in one of Gaza's dense refugee camps to a family ethnically cleansed from what is now Ashkhelon, Sinwar dedicated his life to fighting Israel. Israel's war on Gaza has likely created a thousand Yahya Sinwars.

Israel: Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Killed in Rafah

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