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Sinwar's death clouds path to freeing Israeli hostages

Iranians walk past a huge billboard bearing a portrait of Hamas' slain leader Yahya Sinwar at Palestine square in Tehran, on October 19, 2024. [AFP]

Slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was seen as a key obstacle to any agreement on the Israeli hostages seized during the October 7 attack that he orchestrated.

With his group plunged into a leadership vacuum by his death, the future of hostage negotiations appears to have become even more complicated.

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