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Israeli forces killed Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, the main architect of last year's attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday..
Sinwar has topped Israel's most wanted list since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war just over a year ago, and his killing strikes a powerful blow to the militant group..
Sinwar was one of the chief architects of Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel had vowed to kill him since the beginning of its retaliatory campaign in Gaza..
An Israeli security official said it appeared that the man who turned out to be Sinwar was killed in a battle, not in a planned targeted airstrike...
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