(Free Press) Matti Friedman - On May 14, 2018, the Hamas government in Gaza tried to engineer a breach of the Israeli border at multiple points under the cover of mass protests known as the "March of Return." One of the most striking figures caught on camera at the border was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas commander, screaming in Arabic at followers to cross the border and "tear out the hearts" of Israelis. I remember thinking he seemed maniacal even for the commander of a terror group. Sinwar will quickly be replaced as Hamas's leader, probably by his brother and accomplice Mohammed. His death, however, does bring the end of the fighting closer in Gaza. The writer was an Associated Press reporter in Jerusalem between 2006 and 2011.
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