In northern Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least 15 people, including five children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The killing of Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, purportedly in a random military action in Gaza, could alter the trajectory of Israel's expanding war. But it's far from certain whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants it to end.

Yahya Sinwar is dead. On Thursday, Israel confirmed it had killed the 62-year-old leader of Hamas in a strike in southern Gaza. Sinwar’s death is significant — for both the U.S.-designated terrorist group that he led and the Jewish state that he sought to destroy.