The Road Ahead for Israel and the U.S. After the Death of Yahya Sinwar

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The conflict in Gaza took a major turn after Israel killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showing the will to eliminate the leaders of terrorist groups. But what does the path to a ceasefire look like? Plus, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump react to Sinwar’s death on the campaign trail, and Israel’s plans for a strike on Iran are leaked as the U.S. investigates how it got out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:20.0	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.0	Israel kills Arch Enemy, Yaha Sinwar, the architect of the October 7th, 2023 massacre
0:31.0	in a building in Gaza, plus an intelligence leak about Israel's
0:35.0	retaliation plans against Iran leaks to the press. The US says it is
0:40.3	investigating Israel is not happy and understandably so.
0:45.2	What's the road ahead now after these major events for Israel,
0:49.4	the rest of the Middle East, and American policy as we head into a presidential election only two weeks away.
0:57.0	Welcome. I'm Polish-You-Go editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.
1:00.8	This is our daily Potomac Watch podcast and I am here with my colleagues
1:06.0	Joe Sternberg based in London and Bill McGurn based in New Jersey as it happens,
1:12.4	beautiful downtown New Jersey. As it happens, beautiful downtown New Jersey. Good to have you both here.
1:16.0	Yeah, yeah, Senoir was killed in a building in Raffa, the video of him sitting in a chair
1:22.2	being surveilled by a drone has gone viral around the world.
1:26.4	He was later killed reportedly by a sniper bullet to the head.
1:30.1	A tank blew up the building where he was after Israelis essentially smoked him out of the vast
1:37.0	tunnel system under Gaza where he had been hiding for most of the last year.
1:43.0	Let's listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
1:47.0	announced the killing of Synoir.
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