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Friday, October 18, 2024
In Germany, Biden says killing of Sinwar presents chance to seek ‘path to peace’ in Gaza
US President Joe Biden says the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is a “moment of justice” and “an opportunity to seek a path to peace” in Gaza.
Biden says Sinwar, the architect of the October 7, 2023 terror assault, has “the blood of Americans and Israelis, Palestinians and Germans and so many others on his hands.”
The US president, speaking in Berlin, says he had told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “also make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in Gaza without Hamas.”