Conductor politician

Pi ideological extremist

Served as chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August 2024, and as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip from February 2017, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh in both roles

Killed in a clash with the IDF in October 2024

Sentenced in 1989 to four life sentences in Israel for orchestrating the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians he considered to be collaborators

Spent 22 years in prison until his release among 1,026 others in a 2011 prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit

During his time in prison, Sinwar continued to coordinate the military activities of Hamas

One of the co-founders of the security apparatus of Hamas