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Biden calls for 'a better future in Gaza without Hamas'

US President Joe Biden has called Yahya Sinwar's killing a "moment of justice" and "an opportunity to seek a path to peace" in Gaza.

Speaking in Berlin, Biden said he told had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to use this moment as "an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in Gaza without Hamas".

He added that Sinwar has "the blood of Americans and Israelis, Palestinians and Germans and so many others on his hands".