Despite killing their most sought-after Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, Israel's military operations are continuing across the region.

Hamas is likely to name Qatar-based Khalil al-Hayya as a successor to slain leader Yayha Sinwar, aligning it closer to Iran and giving its main backer more sway in the next stage of the group’s war with Israel.

Oil prices are dropping after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but not enough to suggest that the status quo has changed in the war between Israel and Iran and its proxies. Futures on WTI crude oil,

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Pledges from Israel and its enemies Hamas and Hezbollah to keep fighting in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes on Friday that the death of Palestinian militant leader Yahya Sinwar might hasten an end to more than a year of escalating war in the Middle East.

BEIRUT — Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the longest, deadliest and most destructive war in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. He was 61.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to announce that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7 attack, had been killed in Gaza. Netanyahu also assured Israel would keep working to secure the release of hostages still being held by Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the war is “not over yet” after the killing of top Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, signaling the conflict would continue in Gaza despite the decimation of the organizational structure of the Palestinian militant group and calls from the U.