Britain ‘will not mourn’ Sinwar’s death, says Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for the release of all hostages in Gaza and says his country “will not mourn” the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Starmer says that Sinwar was the “mastermind behind the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust” when Hamas launched the October 7 onslaught. “Today my thoughts are with the families of those victims. The UK will not mourn his death,” he said in a statement.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the killing of Sinwar clears the way for a “new phase” in the deadly conflict in Gaza.

“With the death of Yahya Sinwar, the person principally responsible for the October 7 attacks no longer exists,” Meloni says in a statement.

“I am convinced that a new phase should be launched: it is time for all the hostages to be released, for a ceasefire to be immediately proclaimed and for the reconstruction of Gaza to begin.”