Death of Hamas leader Sinwar offers chance for peace, but may only lead to rise of more extremists

A drone footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar moments before he was killed, in the neighbourhood of Tal al-Sultan in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

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LONDON - In the end, the

death of Yahya Sinwar

– leader of the Hamas militant organisation that inflicted the most significant blow to Israel since the Jewish state’s formation – did not come at the hands of some stealthy Israeli commando squad, but by sheer chance.

He was killed on Oct 17 when a routine patrol of Israeli infantry troops in Gaza confronted him.

Death of Hamas leader Sinwar offers chance for peace, but may only lead to rise of more extremists

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