Israel publishes a video of the last moments of the leader of "Hamas" Yahya Sinuar, reads the headline of the British "Guardian".
In the drone footage, Sinwar is alone in an apartment in Gaza whose walls have been destroyed by shelling. He sits hunched over in a dust-covered chair, his right arm injured, his head and face covered by a scarf. The video shows Sinuar throwing a stick over his head in the direction of the approaching drone. After that, the military fired another shell at the building, which collapsed it on the leader of "Hamas".
At the time of the footage, Sinwar was identified only as a fighter, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said. He said a bulletproof vest, grenades and 40,000 shekels ($10,707) were found in Sinuar's possession.
In the final months of his life, the mastermind behind the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the Gaza war, appears to have stopped using phones and other means of communication that would have allowed Israel's powerful intelligence services to they track him, emphasizes "Guardian".
"After a whole year of searching for his most wanted target in the tunnels of "Hamas" under Gaza, Israel seems to have found its target during a chance meeting on the destroyed streets of the coastal strip, notes the British Telegraph.
For months, the specialist elite task force has been searching for the terrorist leader behind the attacks on October 7 last year. He was believed to be hidden deep underground.
Israeli soldiers first called in a tank, which fired at the building with fighters, which collapsed. It wasn't until they found three bodies in the rubble that the soldiers were surprised that one dead man looked familiar.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant has already stated that his country will "reach out to every terrorist and eliminate him". He added a quote from the biblical "Book of Leviticus": "And you shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword" (26:7).
A video clip published by an Israeli newspaper shows people on a beach in Tel Aviv clapping and cheering after one of them says "Goodbye, Sinuar" over a loudspeaker.
Israel had declared Sinuar the "dead man walking" and called him "the face of evil", promising that he would be liquidated after the attacks in which fighters of "Hamas" invaded southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages to Gaza. But until now he remained elusive.
Aware that Israel was closing in on him, and having seen several of his comrades die in Israeli strikes, Sinuar had long ago decided that he would not survive the war, notes the "Telegraph". But in addition to becoming more fatalistic, he has also become less and less flexible. He was believed to be determined to see Israel become embroiled in a wider regional conflict that would force Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back his Gaza offensive, with no intention of reaching any deal with Israel to end the the conflict.
The body of the leader of "Hamas" it was transferred to a morgue in Tel Aviv. At the moment, the search is directed against Sinouar's brother - Mohammed, as well as all the military commanders of "Hamas", notes the French newspaper "Figaro".
Army Chief of Staff General Herzi Halevi said the war "will not end" until all those responsible for what happened on October 7 last year are caught and "all hostages" held in Gaza are returned , recalls the French edition.
"Sinnoir is dead. Will the fighting stop?'' reads the exhaustive headline of the New York Times.
The French in. "Mond" in turn pays attention to Iran's reaction. The country's representation at the United Nations said Sinuar's death would "strengthen the spirit of resistance" against Israel.
"He will become a model for the youth and children who will continue on the path of the liberation of Palestine. As long as the occupation and aggression continue, the resistance will continue," the Iranian representatives assured.
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Sinuar's liquidation as "the beginning of the end" about the war in Gaza, says "Mond". He said the war could end "as early as tomorrow" if "Hamas" lay down arms and return the Israeli hostages.
"This is a good day for Israel, for the United States and for the world," said US President Joe Biden, quoted by the "LA Times".
Vice President Kamala Harris, who is campaigning for the presidency in the state of Wisconsin, said for her part that Sinwar's death "gives us the opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza,", the publication said.
Although Israel has faced widespread international condemnation for civilian suffering, including accusations of war crimes, American and Israeli officials believe Sinwar is largely responsible for the death and destruction suffered by Palestinians and for thwarting the ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages.
"He treated his own people, the Palestinians of Gaza, as if they were all ready to be martyrs - only he never asked them if they wanted to be martyrs," said veteran diplomat Dennis Ross in "X" . "After the leaders of "Hamas" in Gaza have disappeared, Israel must say it will end the war on the condition that the hostages are released," he added.