I found this AL Monitor article on the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar quite interesting:
The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip has drawn flurry of reactions in the region. While no governments have officially commented on the news, Iranian proxies mourned Friday Sinwar’s death.
Sinwar, who is seen as the mastermind of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, was killed during a firefight with Israeli forces in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Wednesday. The Israeli army confirmed his death on Thursday.
The fact that Gulf region governments are, by and large, not commenting suggests they’ve run out of patience with Hamas and Hezbollah. Will we be seeing a shift in the region now that the two organizations are essentially headless? I do understand that one of the reasons Hamas engaged in the October 7th incident was that Saudi Arabia was rumored to be coming to an agreement with Israel.
