How does Sinwar's death reshape Iran's proxy war on Israel?
Sinwar's killing is seen as a major blow to the group and to Iran as well given the operational role he played within Hamas and how he closely aligned Hamas' policies with Tehran's strategic interests and regional ambitions.
TEHRAN — One day after Israel confirmed the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Iranian authorities found a rallying cry in his killing, elevated him as a martyred hero and asserted that the battle against Israel will continue with greater vigor.
"The struggle to bring liberation to the true owners of the occupied lands is a glorious and noble one, which cannot be halted with the assassination of heroes," wrote Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a public letter on Friday.
Similarly, on his official X account, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi admired Sinwar for fighting "to the very end on the battlefield," and for how he had inspired "resistance fighters across the region" to fight for the Palestinian cause, which he said "is more alive than ever."
Sinwar was viewed as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, which also triggered the Gaza war, in which over 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to Hamas' health ministry.
