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   > Other Gazans welcomed Mr. Sinwar's death, blaming him for the hunger,   
   unemployment and homelessness the conflict had caused.   
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   > "He humiliated us, started the war, scattered us and made us displaced,   
   without water, food or money," said a 22-year-old named Mohammed, who has been   
   repeatedly displaced and asked that his last name not be used for fear of   
   reprisals from Hamas.   
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   > "He is the one who made Israel do this," Mohammed said, calling Mr. Sinwar's   
   death "the best day of my life."   
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   > Rezeq el-Sabti, a 44-year-old father who was sheltering with his family in a   
   tent in central Gaza, said he hoped that Mr. Netanyahu would now declare   
   victory.   
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   > "Netanyahu will say to his people that ‘We killed Sinwar, who waged war on   
   us,'" Mr. el-Sabti said, "and this gives us hope that the war will end."   
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   > Still others said little would change with Mr. Sinwar's death. "Many   
   preceded him," said Rehab Ibrahim Odeh, 64. "And he is no better than those   
   who have passed away before."   
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   > Iranian state news media portrayed Mr. Sinwar's death as "martyrdom" and   
   praised him for dying while fighting Israel on the battlefield in Gaza.   
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   > American officials immediately seized on Mr. Sinwar's death to try to renew   
   stalled negotiations aimed at achieving a truce in Gaza that would free the   
   hostages there and allow more aid into the enclave.   
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   > President Biden told reporters in Berlin that he had congratulated Mr.   
   Netanyahu and would send the secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, to Israel   
   in the next four or five days. "Now is the time to move on," Mr. Biden said,   
   calling for a cease-fire    
   in Gaza.   
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   > "It's time for this war to end and bring these hostages home," he said.   
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   > Mr. Netanyahu's office said in a statement that he had spoken to Mr. Biden   
   and had "agreed that there is an opportunity to advance a deal to free the   
   hostages and they will work together to achieve that goal."   
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   > Reporting was contributed by Ephrat Livni, Bilal Shbair, Aric Toler Riley   
   Mellen, Christiaan Triebert, Ameera Harouda, Iyad Abuheweila, Isabel Kershner,   
   Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Farnaz Fassihi and Abu Bakr Bashir.   
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   > Ronen Bergman is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, based in   
   Tel Aviv. His latest book is "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of   
   Israel's Targeted Assassinations," published by Random House. More about Ronen   
   Bergman   
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