Netanyahu dashes peace hopes

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Linda Noakes The Hamas leader committed to eradicating Israel is dead, Trump blames Zelenskiy for starting the war with Russia, and traders bet the ECB's rate-cut floodgates are open. Plus, quit if you don't want to return to the office - the message from one of Amazon's top executives.  Today's Top News   A person that the Israeli army says is Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar is seen in Tal Al-Sultan in the Gaza Strip. Handout via REUTERS  Middle East Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promises to press on with Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might help end more than a year of escalating conflict in the Middle East. Sinwar was tracked by an Israeli mini drone as he lay dying in the ruins of a building in southern Gaza, which filmed him slumped in a chair covered in dust. 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