The Israeli PM can claim the ‘total victory’ he wanted in his war on Hamas. Now he must try to secure the peaceA good day for the world, said Joe Biden. The best day of my life, said Mohammed, a 22-year-old Palestinian in Gaza, who refused to give his last name to the New York Times for fear of being punished by Hamas for speaking out. A day of celebration, said countless Israelis.They were reacting to the death of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and architect of the 7 October massacre of 1,200 Israelis that unleashed this last year of devastation, a war that has turned Gaza into rubble and taken the lives of thousands upon thousands of Palestinian civilians. As Mohammed put it: “[He] started the war, scattered us and made us displaced, without water, food or money … He is the one who made Israel do this.”Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...