Yahya Sinwar appears more interested in strengthening his position than securing peace in Gaza
Mastermind of Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 is to derail ceasefire talks and exploit the rising Palestinian death toll for their own ends, leaked messages show.
Correspondence between Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist group's military leader, and officials tasked with brokering a ceasefire with Qatari and Egyptian officials shows he is more interested in securing his own future than the world.
“The Israelis are exactly where we want them,” Sinwar said in one of dozens of messages to cease-fire negotiators obtained by The Wall Street Journal.
The reports demonstrate a calculated disregard for human life and Sinwar's belief that Israel has more to lose from the eight-month war than Hamas.
More than 37,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed. According to Hamas-controlled health authorities in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. The number of combatants killed remains unknown.
Reports published by The Wall Street Journal appear to support the view that Sinwar is willing to put his political goals above saving human lives.
In one messages to Hamas leaders in Doha, he refers to civilian casualties in national liberation conflicts in places such as Algeria, where hundreds of thousands of people died fighting for independence from France, saying: “These are necessary sacrifices.”
In a separate letter sent on April 11 to Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas political leader whose three sons were killed in Israeli airstrikes, Sinwar said their deaths and those of other Palestinians would “pour life into the veins of the Palestinians.” this nation, encouraging it to rise to glory and honor.”
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