Yahya Al-Sinwar
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar [يحيى إبراهيم حسن السنوار]
Birthplace Khan Yunis, Egyptian-ruled Gaza Strip
Birth Date October 29, 1962
Ethnicity West Asian
Overview Levantine Arab
Nationality Palestinian
Career Politician, militant
Color Season Dark Autumn
Notes and Motifs
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
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