Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief.

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Last week, a regular Israeli patrol in southern Gaza chanced upon the person they had been hunting for more than a year.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

We begin tonight here with the breaking news.

Israeli forces have killed the mastermind of the October 7th terror attack, the head of Hamas

Yahya Sinwar.

He was the architect.

Israel's foreign minister confirming saying that Hamas leader Yaya Sinwa has been, quote, eliminated.

Justice has been served. And the United States, Israel and the entire world are better off as a result.

His death immediately raised some very big questions.

How much of a blow would this be for Hamas?

What would it mean for Israel's strategy?

And if Sinwar was the person Israel was blaming for a lack of progress on a hostage deal,

would removing him change that equation?

As often happens, sometimes a big moment in a war can feel defining like it's a turning point, but of course it might not be, as some writers in this magazine have

already argued. There is a long history of states killing leaders of militant groups,

terrorist groups, and another leader steps in.

So what changes?

Well, my guest today has thought a lot about all of these questions.

General David Petraeus ran U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and beyond at the height of counterterrorism efforts there.

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