After Sinwar's death: Why is Israel ramping up strikes in Lebanon and Gaza? Is the off ramp in sight or did Benjamin Netanyahu’s government deliberately blow past it? If achieving the stated aim of killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar offers Israel a reason to relent in Gaza and Lebanon, that has yet to happen. The days since have been particularly lethal: air strikes near Beirut targeting Hezbollah’s financial assets just as United States envoy Amos Hochstein was touching down to talk ceasefire conditions.