Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group says on Friday, October 18, it was moving to an escalating phase in its war against Israel.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-conflict-updates-october-18-2024/

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00:00Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group says on Friday, October 18, it was moving to an escalating

00:06phase in its war against Israel.

00:08Iran, meantime, says the spirit of resistance will be strengthened after the killing of

00:12Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

00:14Sinwar was the mastermind of the October 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza War.

00:19Sinwar was named Hamas' overall leader following the assassination of political chief Ismail

00:24Haniyeh in Tehran in July.

00:26He was killed during a gun battle with Israeli troops in southern Gaza on Wednesday, who

00:30were initially unaware of his identity.

00:33The Israeli military released a drone video of what it said was Sinwar sitting on an armchair

00:38inside a destroyed building.

00:40Western leaders say his death offers an opportunity for the conflict to end.

00:44But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war would go on until the hostages

00:49seized by Hamas militants were returned.

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