On Friday, Hamas officially confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in battle against Israeli forces earlier this week, in the Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Israel had announced his death on Thursday, but the Palestinian group didnot provide a comment a day later, which is common when one of its high-ranking officials is killed. “We mourn the great leader, the martyred brother, Yahya Sinwar, Abu Ibrahim,” Khalil al-Hayya said in a recorded video statement. Labelled as “heroic” by many Palestinians for his quest for Palestinian liberation, his last moments alive sho…