Yahya Sinwar

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Yahya Sinwar
يَحْيَى السَّنْوَارُ
Sinwar in 2011
Chief in Gaza[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 February 2017
Prime Minister	Mohammed Awad Issam al-Da’alis
Preceded by	Ismail Haniyeh
Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 August 2024
Deputy	Khalil al-Hayya
Preceded by	Ismail Haniyeh
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-29) 29 October 1962 (age 61) 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]

He was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Egyptian-governed Gaza in 1962. His family were forcibly expelled from the city of Ashkelon by Jewish terrorists during the 1948 War.^[5] He completed his studies at the Islamic University of Gaza and received a degree in Arabic Studies.^[6]

For planning the capture and liquidation 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 following year. He was re-elected as the leader of Hamas in 2021, and was subject to a failed assassination attempt by Israel that year.

1. ↑ "Israeli occupation's threats against Hamas officials reflect political impasse". Hamas. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
2. ↑ Sabbagh, Dan (26 November 2023). "IDF messaging suggests Gaza truce unlikely to last much beyond Tuesday". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ "Yahya Sinwar | Hamas Leader, Biography, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
6. ↑ "Who is the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar?". BBC News. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.