Mohammed Sinwar

Mohammed Sinwar
Mohammed Sinwar
محمد السنوار
3rd Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip
	In office; 16 October 2024 – 13 May 2025
Prime Minister	Issam al-Da'alis
Preceded by	Yahya Sinwar
Succeeded by	Izz al-Din al-Haddad
7th 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
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	Abu Ibrahim (kunya); The Shadow;
Military service
Allegiance	Hamas
Branch	Al-Qassam Brigades
Service years	1991–2025
Rank	Commander
Conflicts	First Intifada; Second Intifada; Gaza–Israel conflict 2006 Gaza cross-border raid; Gaza War (2008–2009); 2012 Gaza War; 2014 Gaza War; 2021 Gaza War; Gaza war October 7 attacks; Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip; ; ;

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Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan al-Sinwar (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم حسن السنوار, romanized: Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Ḥasan as-Sinwār; 16 September 1975 – 13 May 2025) was a Palestinian politician and militant who became the third Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, following the killing of his brother, Yahya Sinwar in October 2024. He also served as the seventh commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades since July 2024. He held both positions until he was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) 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 attempted to assassinate him several times prior to killing him in May 2025.