On the evening of the 17th local time, the Israeli Prime Minister's office issued a statement saying that after Israel confirmed the killing of Palestinian Islamic Resistance leader Sinwar, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with US President Joe Biden. The two sides agreed that there is now an opportunity to reach an agreement on the exchange of detained persons and that they will work together to achieve this goal. The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli General Security Service issued a joint statement on the evening of the 17th saying that the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Yahya Sinwar had died during Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. There is no official response from Hamas yet.

On the evening of the 17th local time, the Israeli Prime Minister's office issued a statement saying that after Israel confirmed the killing of Palestinian Islamic Resistance leader Sinwar, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with US President Joe Biden. The two sides agreed that there is now an opportunity to reach an agreement on the exchange of detained persons and that they will work together to achieve this goal. The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli General Security Service issued a joint statement on the evening of the 17th saying that the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Yahya Sinwar had died during Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. There is no official response from Hamas yet.