<div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><section class="css-u7urgs e12sbwn90"><div class="css-b4a1pi e1u9wqfn0"><span class="css-x8vgju e6e0kfy0"><a href="/the-world-this-week" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>The world this week</span></a></span></div><h1 class="css-1p83fk8 e1r8fcie0">Politics</h1></section></div><div class="css-vpmedt en4o1560"><section class="css-1ugvd2u e18wk22u0"></section></div><div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><div class="css-13r0q4k ebbih0g0"><div class="css-f1to7x e1oehc1h0"><div class="css-jwv1ak eupm5sl0"><div class="css-w0h03k eygoqsu0"><div><time datetime="2024-10-24T13:34:21.568Z" class="css-1c8ktq7 e4cw3vv0"> Oct 24th 2024</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div><section data-body-id="cp2" class="css-1xs6rxu e19oi8vf1"><div class="css-11m2wk0 e19oi8vf2"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0">Hopes of a ceasefire in Gaza after the death of <b><a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/10/24/yahya-sinwar-made-hamas-his-own-fief">Yahya Sinwar</a></b>, the leader of Hamas, seemed to fade. Mr Sinwar was the mastermind of the attacks on October 7th 2023 which unleashed the war. He was killed in a firefight with an Israeli patrol in the south of Gaza. <b>Binyamin Netanyahu</b>, Israel’s prime minister, said that the conflict was not over.</p></div></section><div class="css-1bdax0c e13p72us0"><p class="css-1i4m1tx eikojtn0">This article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline “Politics”</p></div><div class="css-1cmx12d em0l2j50"><div class="css-19gx9y0 eupm5sl0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 eygoqsu0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

The world this week{ai:summary}<p>Hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza diminished following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in a clash with Israeli forces. Sinwar was a key figure behind the October 7 attacks that escalated the ongoing conflict.  </p><p>Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated that the war is not yet concluded. #politics</p>

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