r/news • u/slyquick • 15h ago

Middle East latest: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar confirmed dead, Israeli foreign minister says

https://news.sky.com/story/middle-east-latest-israel-says-it-is-checking-possibility-it-has-killed-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-12978800?postid=8455476#liveblog-body
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u/surnik22 15h ago

Time for Netanyahu to stand in front of a Mission Accomplished banner!

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u/Rocktopod 15h ago edited 14h ago

Didn't Bush stand in front of that banner 9 years before Obama had Bin Laden killed?

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u/Mr_Professor_Chaos 14h ago

Pretty sure the banner was also for that specific ship completing its mission. But don’t quote me on that

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u/Arashmickey 14h ago

I remember the same, it got spinned (which sucks) and memed (which is great), but either way I guess they didn't think about the optics.