The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is “a very significant development” and a major step in Israel’s war against Hamas, says former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.

“Obviously, Sinwar was the commander on the ground of Hamas forces in Gaza, their political leadership is safe elsewhere in the Middle East, in Qatar, in all probability where they’ve been for many years,” Bolton told Newsmax TV’s “National Report.”

Sinwar’s killing “is a major step toward Israel achieving its stated objective of eliminating Hamas’s political and military infrastructure,” but “the real war that’s been happing since last October 7th is not Hamas against Israel, it’s Iran against Israel,” and “the terrorist infrastructure that Iran has created is being systematically destroyed,” he added. 

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