Yahya Sinwar's death will not stop the war in Gaza . At least this is what Hamas and Israel agree on after the killing in Rafah of the mastermind of the October 7 attack.

While the international community, on the contrary, sees the opportunity to open a path towards peace.

Yesterday, Hamas confirmed in a video message the killing of its "great leader". "But we come out of it stronger, the war against the Jewish state will continue and the hostages will not be freed until Israel withdraws from the Strip" , warned Khalil al Hayya, an influential Hamas representative based in Qatar and according to Bloomberg the main candidate to succeed Sinwar.

In Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a special meeting of the government with the military, including Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and intelligence officials to take stock of operations in Gaza and Lebanon, where Israel is fighting pro-Iranian Hezbollah. "We killed 1,500 militants" from God's party, Halevi claimed, explaining that "the terrorist group continues to shrink, even if it hides its losses."

However, the entire anti-Israel axis gathered under the umbrella of Iran - with Hamas and Hezbollah, even the Houthis in Yemen and the militias in Iraq and Syria - argues that "the martyrdom of Sinwar will only strengthen the spirit of resistance" in favor of the Palestinian cause. "He will be a model for young people and children who will follow his path for the liberation of Palestine. As long as there is occupation and aggression, the resistance will last, because the martyr remains alive and becomes a source of inspiration," Tehran's permanent representative to the UN declared on X.

The anti-Israeli front, in fact, in paying homage to the memory of the murdered leader, continues to emphasize that Sinwar was not killed in the darkness of a tunnel in Gaza or surrounded by hostages as a shield, but "heroically fighting the enemy". And the Palestine Liberation Organization "mourns" his death, as do the Taliban in Afghanistan. "Hamas is alive and will remain so, the loss of Sinwar is certainly painful for the resistance front against Israel, but it will not stop at all with this martyrdom", stated in a statement the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei.