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Military Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said on Wednesday that Israel is more determined than ever to hunt down Yehya al-Sinwar after he was named the top Hamas leader. Al-Sinwar’s selection on Tuesday as the new head of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamist group came after the previous office holder, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Iran last week. Al-Sinwar had previously been the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where he has eluded Israeli forces for the past 10 months of war. He was one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks on southern Israel that left some 1,20…

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