With the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, many Israelis are sensing a window of opportunity to bring back the hostages still held in Gaza – and they are making their voices heard.

Two Hamas officials told the BBC discussions to choose a successor for the group's leader Yahya Sinwar, whose killing was confirmed on Thursday, will begin very soon. The officials said that Khalil al-Hayya,

Almost two months before Israel's military accidentally located Hamas' leader with the help of a drone, then killed him, Yahya Sinwar had been hiding in southern Gaza with six Israeli hostages − one of them an American citizen. The bodies of the hostages ...