Israel wanted to make him bow to its terms by force, so it practiced a relentless war of nerves on him, but the steadfastness of his movement in the face of its horrific bombardment of the Gaza Strip for a month and a half, made the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, the beneficiary of what has happened so far.

This is what the French newspaper "Le Monde" sees as saying that the violence of the Israeli bombardment, which has left more than 14,800 martyrs since the beginning of the war, and the pressure exerted by the families of prisoners with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), forced Israel to accept negotiations.

In a joint report by its correspondent in Israel Jean-Philippe Remi and its correspondent in Lebanon, Helen Salon, the newspaper reported that Sinwar was the negotiator and discussed the details of every point of the armistice agreement, from the release of Israeli hostages to the release of Palestinian prisoners.

She added that this leader is the one who dictates the pace of development since the entry into force of this "truce" on Friday, November 24, and that he is ready to restrain Israel if he notices that it violates the terms of the negotiations.

The 61-year-old Palestinian leader has challenged all those who presented him in Israel as a "dead man" already, but Sinwar is not only alive 50 days after the war began, but has won a new political victory.

Matti Steinberg, a former adviser to several heads of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service, said: "Someone like Sinwar knows how to decipher Israelis very well. Hamas leaders have fundamentally fully understood the divisions in the country, and therefore their weakness, but they also understand the fact that to fight an army that is much stronger in terms of means and men, it is necessary to resort to various weapons, including hostages, and every hostage release is a reminder of this victory in the eyes of the Palestinian public," according to Steinberg.

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Le Monde said Sinwar, who was arrested by Israel in 1989 and sentenced to four life sentences for kidnapping and killing two Israeli soldiers and those he accuses of being Palestinian agents of Israel, was released in what became known as the Shalit deal, and refused - to everyone's surprise - to sign a document pledging not to take up arms against Israel, saying he was willing to stay in prison if that was the price he had to pay.

Le Monde highlighted that Sinwar is Israel's number one target in its current military campaign in Gaza, and its defense minister has vowed earlier this month that they will not end their operations unless they describe Sinwar himself and other leaders, which the newspaper commented on by saying that his death will not decide the political fate of Hamas.

She added that this Palestinian movement has its critics, especially in the Gaza Strip, which dragged it with it to this Israeli bombardment, but it has also gained many supporters, who welcome the blow received by the enemy, in the Palestinian and Israeli territories.

By concluding an agreement with Israel, Hamas is proving itself as an insurmountable interlocutor: today is a truce, and perhaps tomorrow is the "day after," and Fatah officials now see it necessary to reconcile with the movement, which is an integral part of the Palestinian social and political fabric, but the pace of events is still dictated by Yahya Sinwar, from Gaza.