Has Gaza been liberated from the genocide factory created by Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar?

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that IDF forces operating in Rafah had eliminated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, he directed a portion of his remarks to the people of Gaza.

“Sinwar destroyed your lives,” he told them.

“He told you he was a lion, when in fact, he was hiding in a dark den, and he was killed as he was fleeing in terror from our soldiers. His elimination is an important milestone in the fall of the Hamas regime.”

“Hamas will never again control Gaza,” Netanyahu declared. “This is the beginning of the day after Hamas. This is an opportunity for you, Gaza residents, to free yourselves finally from its tyranny.”

Now it’s up to them to make the choice.

Whatever they choose, Israel isn’t going to accept anything less than the total destruction of Hamas.

Sinwar was one of the first terrorists to join Hamas when the terror group was formed in 1987 as the Palestinian branch of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Israel arrested him and sentenced him to four life terms for murdering Palestinians he had accused of working with Israel.

In 2005, Sinwar’s brother Muhamed, now considered his replacement, used a cross-border tunnel to Israel to kidnap IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. Hamas held Shalit hostage for five years until Israel agreed to release Yahya Sinwar, and 1,026 other jailed terrorists, in exchange for Shalit.