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Netanyahu vows ‘war has not yet ended’ despite Sinwar’s chance killing

Matthew Cranston and Hans van Leeuwen

Updated Oct 18, 2024 – 6.40am, first published at 2.38am

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Washington / Brussels | Israel said it had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of last year’s October 7 attack which triggered the deadliest war in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israeli forces on Thursday (Friday AEDT) said troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.

Matthew Cranston was The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent.

Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London.