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== Assassination == |
== Assassination == |
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On 13 May 2025, the IDF and [[Shin Bet]] said that Sinwar had been targeted in an Israeli airstrike on a bunker under the [[Gaza European Hospital]] in [[Khan Yunis]]. The strike killed 26 people, according to the [[Gaza Health Ministry]], but Sinwar's fate was unclear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aje.io/2fy5m9?update=3709326|title=Israel's latest attacks on Gaza hospitals killed at least 28 people|date=13 May 2025|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=2025-05-13 |title=Israel targets top Hamas commander in strike on hospital bunker |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/israel-hospital-strike-hamas-sinwar-gaza |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-13/ty-article-live/palestinians-photojournalist-who-documented-october-7-attacks-killed-in-israeli-airstrike/00000196-c77d-dce0-abfe-ff7df3f20000?liveBlogItemId=1127734776&utm_source=site&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=live_blog_item#1127734776|title=IDF and Shin Bet carry out strike in southern Gaza, target Hamas leader Mohamad Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar|date=13 May 2025|website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> According to the Saudi channel [[AlHadath|Al-Hadath]], the bodies of Sinwar and [[Muhammad Shabana]] were recovered from the tunnel. Israeli defense minister [[Israel Katz]] said that "according to all the indications Muhammad Sinwar was eliminated."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Yohanan |first1=Nurit |author2=ToI Staff |last3=Fabian |first3=Emanuel |title=Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar's body said found in Gaza tunnel hit by IDF last week |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-leader-muhammad-sinwars-body-said-found-in-gaza-tunnel-hit-by-idf-last-week/ |date=18 May 2025|website=The Times of Israel|language=en-US}}</ref> Senior Hamas official [[Osama Hamdan]] said that Hamas members in the Gaza Strip had told him that Sinwar was still alive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Hamas official says Mohammed Sinwar still alive|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/513274/Mohammad-Sinwar-alive-and-fighting-Hamas-official-tells-Tehran |access-date=20 May 2025 |website=[[Tehran Times]]}}</ref> On 28 May 2025, Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] said that Sinwar had been killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Netanyahu says Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been eliminated |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-hamas-gaza-chief-mohammed-sinwar-has-been-eliminated-2025-05-28/ |date=2025-05-28 |access-date=2025-05-28 |work=Reuters}}</ref> On 31 May 2025, the IDF and Shin Bet confirmed that Sinwar had been |
On 13 May 2025, the IDF and [[Shin Bet]] said that Sinwar had been targeted in an Israeli airstrike on a bunker under the [[Gaza European Hospital]] in [[Khan Yunis]]. The strike killed 26 people, according to the [[Gaza Health Ministry]], but Sinwar's fate was unclear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aje.io/2fy5m9?update=3709326|title=Israel's latest attacks on Gaza hospitals killed at least 28 people|date=13 May 2025|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=2025-05-13 |title=Israel targets top Hamas commander in strike on hospital bunker |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/israel-hospital-strike-hamas-sinwar-gaza |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-13/ty-article-live/palestinians-photojournalist-who-documented-october-7-attacks-killed-in-israeli-airstrike/00000196-c77d-dce0-abfe-ff7df3f20000?liveBlogItemId=1127734776&utm_source=site&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=live_blog_item#1127734776|title=IDF and Shin Bet carry out strike in southern Gaza, target Hamas leader Mohamad Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar|date=13 May 2025|website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> According to the Saudi channel [[AlHadath|Al-Hadath]], the bodies of Sinwar and [[Muhammad Shabana]] were recovered from the tunnel. Israeli defense minister [[Israel Katz]] said that "according to all the indications Muhammad Sinwar was eliminated."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Yohanan |first1=Nurit |author2=ToI Staff |last3=Fabian |first3=Emanuel |title=Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar's body said found in Gaza tunnel hit by IDF last week |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-leader-muhammad-sinwars-body-said-found-in-gaza-tunnel-hit-by-idf-last-week/ |date=18 May 2025|website=The Times of Israel|language=en-US}}</ref> Senior Hamas official [[Osama Hamdan]] said that Hamas members in the Gaza Strip had told him that Sinwar was still alive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Hamas official says Mohammed Sinwar still alive|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/513274/Mohammad-Sinwar-alive-and-fighting-Hamas-official-tells-Tehran |access-date=20 May 2025 |website=[[Tehran Times]]}}</ref> On 28 May 2025, Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] said that Sinwar had been killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Netanyahu says Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been eliminated |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-hamas-gaza-chief-mohammed-sinwar-has-been-eliminated-2025-05-28/ |date=2025-05-28 |access-date=2025-05-28 |work=Reuters}}</ref> On 31 May 2025, the IDF and Shin Bet confirmed that Sinwar had been killed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zitun |first=Yoav |title=IDF confirms killing of top Hamas commander Mohammed Sinwar in Khan Younis strike |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by62chomel |website=Ynetnews |date=May 31, 2025 |access-date=May 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Israeli military says it killed Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar on May 13 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-it-killed-hamas-military-leader-mohammed-sinwar-may-13-2025-05-31/ |website=Reuters |date=May 31, 2025 |access-date=May 31, 2025}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 02:08, 1 June 2025
Mohammed Sinwar | |
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محمد السنوار | |
| Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip | |
| In office 16 October 2024[1] – 13 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Issam al-Da'alis[a] |
| Preceded by | Yahya Sinwar |
| Succeeded by | Izz al-Din al-Haddad (suspected) |
| Commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades | |
| In office 13 July 2024 – 13 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Deif |
| Succeeded by | Izz al-Din al-Haddad (suspected) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar 16 September 1975 Khan Yunis refugee camp, Gaza Strip |
| Died | 13 May 2025 (aged 49) Gaza European Hospital, Al-Fukhari, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip |
| Manner of death | Assassination by airstrike |
| Relatives | Yahya Sinwar (brother) |
| Nicknames | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Hamas |
| Branch | al-Qassam Brigades |
| Service years | 1991–2025 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Conflicts | |
Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan al-Sinwar (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم حسن السنوار; September 1975 – 13 May 2025) was a Palestinian politician and militant who became the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and of its armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, following the killing of his brother Yahya Sinwar in October 2024. He held both positions until he himself was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in May 2025.
Born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp, Sinwar spent several years in Israeli and Palestinian Authority jails in the 1990s and became the leader of Hamas's Khan Yunis Brigade in 2005. Israel made several attempts to assassinate him, the last of which killed him in 2025.[4][5][6]
Early life
Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp on 16 September 1975. Sinwar's family fled from Al-Majdal Asqalan (Ashkelon) during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He joined the military movement of Hamas in 1991.[4]
Military career
Sinwar was arrested by Israel in 1991 for suspected terrorism, serving only nine months in custody before being released. He was later arrested by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah in the 1990s, spending three years in jail before escaping in 2000.[7][8] Little is known about him by Israel's security services, and Arab officials said that he mostly operated "behind the scenes", giving him the nickname "Shadow".[3]
In 2005, Sinwar became the commander of Hamas's Khan Younis brigade. In 2006 he participated in the abduction of Gilad Shalit, who was released in 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, one of whom was Mohammed Sinwar's brother Yahya Sinwar.[9]
Mohammed Sinwar had been subject to six assassination attempts by Israel by May 2021. Hamas had announced that he had died in 2014 during the Israel-Gaza War, but this was later found out to be incorrect; Sinwar had presumably been hiding in the tunnels underneath the Gaza Strip.[10][11]
In a 2022 interview with Al Jazeera, Sinwar said that the majority of Gaza's populace would not recognize him because he was so unknown. He had skipped his father's funeral to maintain secrecy. Also in the interview, speaking about past Israeli assassination attempts on him and the conflict with Israel, he stated, "For us, shooting rockets at Tel Aviv is easier than drinking water."[8]
Mohammed Sinwar was believed by Israeli intelligence to have been one of the masterminds of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Israel made him one of the most wanted men in its military operation in Gaza, placing a US$300,000 bounty on information as to his whereabouts.[12] He was reportedly a close confidant of his brother Yahya Sinwar during the war.[13] Israeli security officials said that cruelty was part of Sinwar's nature, and that he executed collaborators with Israel with his own hands.[14]
On 16 October 2024, Yahya was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Thereafter, Mohammed Sinwar reportedly controlled the militant activities and remained as the most senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip. Under his command there was significant new recruitment of fighters and an increase in hit-and-run attacks against the Israeli forces.[1]
Assassination
On 13 May 2025, the IDF and Shin Bet said that Sinwar had been targeted in an Israeli airstrike on a bunker under the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis. The strike killed 26 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, but Sinwar's fate was unclear.[15][16][17] According to the Saudi channel Al-Hadath, the bodies of Sinwar and Muhammad Shabana were recovered from the tunnel. Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said that "according to all the indications Muhammad Sinwar was eliminated."[18] Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said that Hamas members in the Gaza Strip had told him that Sinwar was still alive.[19] On 28 May 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Sinwar had been killed.[20] On 31 May 2025, the IDF and Shin Bet confirmed that Sinwar had been killed.[21][22]
See also
Notes
- ^ After Issam al-Da'alis was killed on 18 March 2025 during the Gaza war, a 15-member Community Support Committee was established to assume government affairs.[2]
References
- ^ a b Said, Summer; Peled, Anat; Jones, Rory (13 January 2025). "Hamas Has Another Sinwar. And He's Rebuilding". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "يوم دام جديد في غزة.. ماذا قالت حماس عن لجنة الإسناد المجتمعي؟". alaraby. 24 March 2025.
- ^ a b Keller-Lynn, Carrie (13 May 2025). "Israel Targeted Hamas Leader Mohammed Sinwar in Gaza Airstrike". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Muhammad Al-Sanwar, member of the Qassam Brigades' Staff and one of the architects of the 'Shalit deal'". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Israel PM says Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been killed". www.bbc.com. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ Magdy, Samy; Mroue, Bassem (28 May 2025). "Mohammed Sinwar, head of Hamas' armed wing, has been killed, Netanyahu says". AP News. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ Vinall, Frances; Balousha, Hazem; Bisset, Victoria; Soroka, Lior (31 May 2025). "Who is Mohammed Sinwar, the Hamas military figure Israel says it killed?". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ a b Livni, Ephrat (14 May 2025). "What to Know About Mohammad Sinwar, the Hamas Leader Targeted by Israel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Report: Sinwar's brother also met with hostages in Gaza". The Times of Israel. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Shoaib, Ali (12 November 2023). "A Hamas leader pronounced dead in 2014 has been living in underground tunnels and masterminded the October 7 attacks, Israeli intel says". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Seidel, Jamie (13 November 2023). "'Dead' man Mohammed Sinwar planned October 7 Israel attacks". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Marks Eglash, Ruth (17 December 2023). "Israel's most wanted: 'Butcher of Khan Younis,' other Hamas terrorists now in IDF's sights". Fox News. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Morris, Loveday; Balousha, Hazem (11 December 2023). "Who is Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar? From enforcer to Oct. 7 mastermind". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Bohbot, Amir (19 May 2025). "IDF discovered Mohammed Sinwar's secret meeting after Edan Alexander's release". Jpost.
- ^ "Israel's latest attacks on Gaza hospitals killed at least 28 people". Al Jazeera. 13 May 2025.
- ^ Ravid, Barak (13 May 2025). "Israel targets top Hamas commander in strike on hospital bunker". Axios. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "IDF and Shin Bet carry out strike in southern Gaza, target Hamas leader Mohamad Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar". Haaretz. 13 May 2025.
- ^ Yohanan, Nurit; ToI Staff; Fabian, Emanuel (18 May 2025). "Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar's body said found in Gaza tunnel hit by IDF last week". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Senior Hamas official says Mohammed Sinwar still alive". Tehran Times. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Netanyahu says Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been eliminated". Reuters. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Zitun, Yoav (31 May 2025). "IDF confirms killing of top Hamas commander Mohammed Sinwar in Khan Younis strike". Ynetnews. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Israeli military says it killed Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar on May 13". Reuters. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.