Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday was “a good day for the entire world” following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
“It's a good day for the whole world that this particular terrorist who was responsible for planning the Oct. 7 attack on Israel is happy,” Bolton told NewsNation's Blake Berman. I think it opens up a lot of possibilities.” Interview with “The Hill”.
Shinwar was the architect of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas that started the current war in the Middle East last year. He was killed Thursday during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, the Israeli military said.
“He is the best-known leader of Hamas, which is still fighting in Gaza,” Bolton said. “Many of Hamas's leaders are in Doha and elsewhere in the Middle East, but may be in hiding as we speak. I think it’s giving us a chance to really finish it.”
President Biden congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel's killing of Shinwar.
“now, 'the next day' “We will seek a political solution that offers a better future in Gaza, where Hamas is no longer in power, and for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” Biden said. Thursday's statement. “Yahya Sinwar was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all these goals. That obstacle no longer exists. But many challenges remain before us.”
“Sinwar's life was the embodiment of evil and marked by hatred for all that is good in the world,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in a post on social platform X on Thursday. Ta.
“His death brought hope to all who seek to live in freedom and comfort to the Israelis he sought to oppress,” Johnson added.
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