Killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could bring the devastating war in Gaza closer to an end, experts say – if Israel and its allies can seize the opportunity.

Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle,

The US said it would push toward a cease-fire in Gaza after Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks that ignited a yearlong war in the Palestinian enclave.