Yahya Sinwar
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Yahya Sinwar | |
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يَحْيَى السَّنْوَارُ | |
 Sinwar in 2011 | |
| Chief in Gaza[1] | |
| Assumed office 13 February 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Ismail Haniyeh |
| Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
| Assumed office 6 August 2024 | |
| Deputy | Khalil al-Hayya |
| Preceded by | Ismail Haniyeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1962 Khan Younis, Egyptian-governed Gaza |
| Political party | Hamas |
| Residence | Khan Younis, Khan Younis Governorate, Palestine[2] |
| Education | Islamic University of Gaza |
Yahya Sinwar (Arabic: يَحْيَى السَّنْوَارُ) is a Palestinian politician who is the leader of Hamas in Gaza.[3][4]
For planning the capture and killing of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians accused of collaboration in 1989, he was sentenced to four life sentences by the Israeli Regime, of which he served 22 years until his release among 1,026 others in a 2011 prisoner exchange. In 2017, he was elected as the leader of Hamas, and stated to pursue "peaceful, popular resistance" to the violent Israeli occupation the next year. He was re-elected as the leader of Hamas in 2021, and had a failed assassination against him by Israel that year.
Early life
[change | change source]He was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Egyptian-governed Gaza in 1962. His family was expelled from the city of Ashkelon by Jewish terrorists during the 1948 War.[5] He finished studying at the Islamic University of Gaza and got a degree in Arabic Studies.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Israeli occupation's threats against Hamas officials reflect political impasse". Hamas. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ Sabbagh, Dan (26 November 2023). "IDF messaging suggests Gaza truce unlikely to last much beyond Tuesday". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ↑ Beaumont, Peter (13 February 2017). "Hamas elects hardliner Yahya Sinwar as its Gaza Strip chief". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017.
- ↑ Balousha, Hazam; Booth, William (13 February 2017). "Hamas names hard-liner as its new political leader in Gaza". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
- ↑ "Yahya Sinwar | Hamas Leader, Biography, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ↑ "Who is the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar?". BBC News. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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