Killing of Hamas leader Sinwar dealt fatal blow to Hamas, France says

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot holds a press conference, on the first anniversary of the Hamas-led deadly October 7 attack on Israel, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The killing of Yahya Sinwar by Israeli forces dealt a fatal blow to Hamas, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Thursday, adding that a page must now be turned to work towards peace in Gaza and the wider region.

“It’s a fatal blow that has been struck on Hamas, a terrorist group, which was guilty of an anti-Semitic massacre and many attacks, terrorist attacks,” Barrot told LCI television, adding diplomacy alone would enable Israel to have security in the long-term.

“It’s a page that is turning, it’s a page that has to be turned for the war in Gaza .. and a page that must turn for the region in its path to peace.”

 

(Reporting by John Irish, editing by Tassilo Hummel)