Source: Fox News
by Douglas Murray
“There was cautious celebration in Israel on Thursday as news started to filter through that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed in Gaza. The mastermind of October 7 was — among some competition — the most fanatical leader in Hamas. In 2011, he was the most high-level of 1,027 Palestinian terrorists released from Israeli prisons in exchange for one kidnapped Israeli soldier. His release caused huge controversy in Israel. Time would show why. Once back in Gaza, he became notorious for his psychopathic violence — directed against Palestinians as well as Israelis. In 2016, he was involved in the torture and murder of Hamas’[s] own Mahmoud Ishtiwi, whom Sinwar accused of homosexuality. He was always the fanatic’s fanatic. In 2018, he gave an address to the citizens of Gaza in which he said: ‘We’ll take down the border [with Israel] and tear out their hearts from their bodies.'” (10/17/24)