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Good morning, it's Friday, October 18th.
I'm Sumeetha Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the state with two dueling abortion measures and a lot of confused voters, why hurricanes are getting deadlier and the WNBA's record setting season of viewership.
But first, the leader of Hamas is dead.
The Israeli military confirmed yesterday that its forces killed Yahya Sinwar.
He was Israel's top target since the war in Gaza began more than a year ago, overseeing Hamas's military operations while in hiding.
President Biden issued a statement calling it a, quote, good day for the world.
Vice President Kamala Harris called Sinwar the Mastermind of the October 7th terrorist attack and said with his death, justice had been served.
Sinwar was responsible for the killing of thousands of innocent people, including the victims of October 7 and hostages killed in Gaza.
He had American blood on his hands today.
I can only hope that the families of the victims of Hamas feel a sense and measure of relief.
And she said it's time to end the war.
This moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza.
And it must end such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self determination.
And it is time for the day after to begin without Hamas in power.
Sinwar had long ties to Hamas.
He joined the militant group when it was founded in the 1980s.
He later spent more than 20 years in an Israeli prison and was released in a 2011 prisoner exchange.
That's when, according to Israeli intelligence, he began planning the October 7th attack that he believed would mark the beginning of the end of the Jewish state.