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San Francisco, Calif. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement after Yahya Sinwar — the architect of the brutal massacre that killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7 — was eliminated by the IDF in a military operation in Gaza. 

“Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was a brutal terrorist who masterminded the October 7 massacre and all of the death and destruction that followed. I congratulate Israel for having the courage to stand against his evil and for eliminating this violent madmanachieving a small measure of justice for his many, many victims, including dozens of American citizens.”

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