After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles to Gaza peace

By Matt Spetalnick and Jonathan Landay

Joe Biden is expected to use Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wind down the war in Gaza, but in the waning months of his term the US president may lack leverage to bend the Israeli leader to his will.

The demise of Sinwar, mastermind of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that started the latest bloody chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, raised hopes that it might...