Footage released by the IDF appeared to show Sinwar at his weakest – alone and nearing defeat. But that’s not how most Palestinians see it, says Mustafa Barghouti.

In a day marked by the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, displacement and more air strikes, exhausted Gazans said they just wanted to end more than a year of conflict that has brought untold suffering.

The killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar brought no respite for Palestinians in Gaza, as Israeli air strikes and shelling continued unabated in the territory already devastated by more than a year of war.