WATCH: Harris says Hamas leader’s death offers chance to ‘finally end the war in Gaza’

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Thursday that Israel’s killing of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar “gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza.”

Harris said from a university campus in Wisconsin where she was campaigning that the war “must end in such a way that Israel is safe, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people exercise their right to dignity, security, freedom.” and can achieve self-realization.” -Determination.”

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“It’s time for the day after to begin,” she said.

When she arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, protesters outside chanted “Free, free Palestine.”

Israel says Sinwar was killed in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Katz called Sinwar’s killing a “military and moral achievement for the Israeli army.”

Sinwar was a key architect of Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked war and escalating conflict across the Middle East.