"An event like this is tremendous and unprecedented. Since 1948, since the Nakba of the Palestinian people until today, there has not been an event of this magnitude," says a Palestinian from Ramallah in the Westbank, after the Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed on Friday that its leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. "The assassination of leaders only strengthens the resistance, increases its determination, tenacity, cohesion and power," warns another. His death represents a massive blow to the Palestinian militant movement that has waged a war with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip for more than a year now. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES