According to the IDF, Sinwar was killed on Wednesday during operations in Gaza.

According to sources who spoke to CNN, dental records and fingerprints were used to identify Sinwars body.

The IDF reportedly was not aware that the Hamas leader was in the house before the operation.

Head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar attends a rally in support of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on October 1, 2022. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Yahya Sinwar attends a rally in support of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on Oct. 1, 2022.AFP via Getty Images

Those hopes will depend on the objectives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead, Biden wrote.

This is a good day for Israel, for the United States, and for the world.

No more delays and no more demands, a coalition of hostage families said ina statementon Thursday.

The elimination of this brutal terrorist is a step toward justice.