On our radarSinwar killed, Netanyahu says Gaza war won’t stopA unit of Israeli soldiers unexpectedly encountered and killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on 16 October in the southern Gaza Strip. In a press conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sinwar’s death was “the beginning of the end” but that Israel “will not stop the war” in Gaza. US President Joe Biden and other Western leaders are now urging Netanyahu to make progress towards a ceasefire to end the more than year-long war Israel launched in response to Hamas’ attacks, laying waste to Gaza and brutalising its population. On 15 October, the US warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within 30 days or risk losing access to US weapons funding. The US has issued several similar warnings over the past year but has not followed through, while giving Israel at least $17.9 billion in military aid.