Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was the “beginning of the end” of the bombardment in Gaza, AFP reports.

“Yahya Sinwar is dead. He was killed in Rafah by the brave soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces,” Netanyahu said in an English language video statement released by his office.

“While this is not the end of the war in Gaza, it’s the beginning of the end. “