For perspective on the killing of Hamas's leader and what lies ahead we get two

perspectives. Retired Major General Yakov Aish retired in 2016 after a 36-year

career in the Israel Defense Forces.

He's now at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America,

a nonprofit that advocates for closer U.S. Israeli relations.

And Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, which

advocates for closer relations between the U.S. and countries in the Persian Gulf.

Gentlemen, welcome to you both.

Hussein, I'll begin with you.

And just start with the reaction

to Yayas and Moore's death among Palestinians.

How is that news resonating on the ground?

And does this mean the end of Hamas? It certainly doesn't

mean the end of Hamas. It doesn't even mean the end of the insurrection that has been

taking place in Gaza since the end of the Rafa campaign which is I believe the war that Hamas actually wanted to fight

Palestinians having a mixed reaction here there's a lot of anger against Israel

I think there's so a sympathy for Hamas in the West Bank where people are more removed

from the consequences of the October 7 blowback in Israel's savage war vengeance in Gaza which has taken at least 42,000 probably

many many more lives and displaced virtually everyone in Gaza produced endemic

hunger and all kinds of suffering. In Gaza, interestingly, there's a significant group of people who appear to be delighted with his passing because they blame him rightly for having volunteered the entire population for martyrdom.

General Aish, let me bring you in here because we heard earlier,

Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Sinwar's death is the beginning of the end, but he also said

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