Mohammed Sinwar is a Palestinian politician and militant leader. He currently heads Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, assuming both roles in October 2024 after his brother's death. He is a key figure in the Hamas organization.
On September 16, 1975, Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp. His family had fled from Al-Majdal Asqalan during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
In 1991, Sinwar was arrested by Israel on suspicion of terrorism and was released after less than a year in custody. During the 1990s he was also arrested for several years by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. He operated 'behind the scenes' earning him the nickname 'Shadow'.
In 2006, Sinwar participated in the abduction of Gilad Shalit.
In 2011, Gilad Shalit was released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, including Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Sinwar's brother.
By May 2021, Mohammed Sinwar had been the subject of six assassination attempts by Israel.
In October 2023, Mohammed Sinwar was believed by Israeli intelligence to have been one of the masterminds of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. Israel made him one of the most wanted men in its military operation in Gaza, placing a $300,000 bounty on information as to his whereabouts.
In October 2024, after the death of his brother Yahya, Mohammed Sinwar reportedly controlled the militant activities and remained as the most senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip. There were significant new recruitment efforts of fighters and an increase in hit-and-run attacks against Israeli forces under his command.
In 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 on May 13 killed 26 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, but Sinwar's fate was unclear.
On May 28, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Sinwar had been eliminated, but Hamas denied his death.
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