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Yahya Sinwar

Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (1962–2024)

  • Yahia Sinwar
  • Sinwar Yahya
  • Yahyā as-Sinwār
  • Jihia al-Sinwar
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Yahya Sinwar

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instance of
human
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allegiance
Hamas
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name in native language
يحيى إبراهيم حسن السنوار (Arabic)
vocalized name
يَحْيَى إِبْرَاهِيم حَسَن اَلْسِنْوَار (Arabic)
ALA-LC romanization
Yaḥyá Ibrāhīm Ḥasan al-Sinwār
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date of birth
29 October 1962
1 reference
stated in
The Washington Post
publication date
17 October 2024
retrieved
17 October 2024
reference URL
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/17/sinwar-hamas-gaza-dies/
quotation
Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar was born on Oct. 29, 1962, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, then under Egyptian control. (American English)
date of death
16 October 2024
3 references
reference URL
https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-likelihood-hamas-leader-oct-7-mastermind-yahya-sinwar-killed-by-troops-in-gaza/
stated in
The Times of Israel
publication date
17 October 2024
retrieved
17 October 2024
quotation
The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday it was working to formally confirm that one of three terrorists its forces killed a day earlier in Gaza’s Rafah was Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar, as a senior Israeli official said there was a “very high likelihood” that a body found at the scene was that of the architect of the October 7 invasion and slaughter. (English)
reference URL
https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%94/%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%9C-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%90-%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%99%D7%92-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%91%D7%97-%D7%94-7-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8/
quotation
דובר צה"ל ודוברות השב"כ מאשרים כי בסיום של מצוד שנערך כשנה, אמש (רביעי), 16 באוקטובר 2024, חיסלו כוחות צה"ל מפיקוד הדרום את יחיא סינוואר, מנהיג חמאס בפעילות בדרום רצועת עזה. (Hebrew)
publication date
17 October 2024
title
חוסל מנהיג חמאס והאחראי לטבח ה-7 באוקטובר (Hebrew)
publisher
Israel Defense Forces
reference URL
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/17/israel-claims-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-has-been-killed
publication date
17 October 2024
quotation
Israel has said that its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.The Israeli military said on Thursday that Sinwar has been killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza. “After completing the process of identifying the body, it can be confirmed that Yahya Sinwar was eliminated,” the Israeli military said. (English)
retrieved
17 October 2024
stated in
aljazeera.com
place of death
Tel al-Sultan refugee camp
1 reference
stated in
Bellingcat
publication date
17 October 2024
retrieved
19 October 2024
reference URL
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/10/17/geolocating-site-where-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-was-killed
quotation
Using the IDF video as well as the images shared by the IDF in their Telegram post and videos geolocated previously by volunteers, it is possible to geolocate the house to Gaza’s Tal as-Sutlan area at 31.3055, 34.2467. (English)
manner of death
death in battle
statement supported by
Israel Defense Forces
immediate cause of
killing of Yahya Sinwar
1 reference
stated in
news.sky.com
publication date
18 October 2024
retrieved
19 October 2024
quotation
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a gun battle by Israeli troops seemingly unaware they had caught one of the country's biggest foes. (English)
reference URL
https://news.sky.com/story/how-israel-found-and-killed-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-13235595
cause of death
shot to the head
statement supported by
Abu Kabir Forensic Institute
1 reference
stated in
The Times of India
publication date
19 October 2024
retrieved
19 October 2024
reference URL
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/shot-in-head-fingers-cut-off-arm-smashed-gruesome-details-of-hamas-chief-yahya-sinwars-autopsy/articleshow/114365043.cms
quotation
“It is based on what I found on the body,” Dr. Kugel said. “He has injury from other sources, like a missile injury in his right forearm, fallen masonry on his left leg, or thigh, and many shrapnels that entered his body, but only in the chest. They caused severe damage, but the cause of death is the gunshot wound in the head.” (Indian English)
native language
Arabic
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languages spoken, written or signed
Arabic
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Hebrew
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.davar1.co.il/550290/
title
מהכלא הישראלי לראשות חמאס עזה: מי היה יחיא סינוואר, היעד מספר 1 של ישראל (Hebrew)
publication date
17 October 2024
publisher
Davar - Workers, Society and Economy in Israel
writing language
Arabic
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position held
chief manager
of
Hamas
start time
6 August 2024
replaces
Khaled Mashal
end time
16 October 2024
end cause
killing of Yahya Sinwar
replaced by
Khaled Mashal
4 references
imported from Wikimedia project
English Wikipedia
stated in
Le Monde
publication date
6 August 2024
retrieved
20 October 2024
reference URL
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/06/hamas-names-gaza-chief-yahya-sinwar-as-new-political-leader_6710457_4.html
quotation
Hamas named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader on Tuesday, August 6, after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran last week, sending regional tensions soaring. (English)
reference URL
https://www.uniindia.com/turkey-calls-mashal-hamas-acting-political-chief-after-haniyeh-s-assassination/world/news/3253809.html
publication date
2 August 2024
retrieved
20 October 2024
quotation
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday referred to Khaled Mashal, a deputy of slain Ismail Haniyeh, as the acting chief of Hamas' political bureau. "Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with acting Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mashal in the Qatari capital of Doha and expressed his condolences," the ministry said in a statement. (Indian English)
publication date
18 October 2024
retrieved
20 October 2024
reference URL
https://news.az/news/khaled-mashal-reportedly-becomes-hamas-leader-after-sinwars-death
quotation
Following Yahya Sinwar's assassination, senior Hamas official Khaled Mashal has reportedly become a de facto leader, responsible for negotiations on hostages. Sources indicate that Mashal will act as the interim leader, overseeing communications with key stakeholders involved in negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages, News.Az reports, citing Lebanon’s LBCI news website. (English)
regional manager
of
Hamas
location
Gaza Strip
start time
2017
replaces
Ismail Haniyeh
end time
6 August 2024
end cause
promotion
1 reference
stated in
BBC News Online
publication date
17 October 2024
retrieved
20 October 2024
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67473719
quotation
In 2013, he was elected a member of Hamas's Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip, before becoming its head in 2017. (British English)
educated at
Islamic University of Gaza
academic major
Arabic studies
academic degree
Bachelor of Arts
2 references
imported from Wikimedia project
Arabic Wikipedia
stated in
BBC News Online
publication date
17 October 2024
retrieved
19 October 2024
quotation
He was educated at Khan Younis Secondary School for Boys and then graduated with a bachelor's degree in Arabic language from the Islamic University of Gaza. (Australian English)
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67473719
conflict
Israel–Hamas war
including
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
1 reference
stated in
tagesschau.de
publication date
17 October 2024
retrieved
17 October 2024
reference URL
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/sinwar-portraet-100.html
quotation
Beim Terrorangriff vom 7. Oktober 2023 soll Sinwar der Drahtzieher gewesen sein, berichtet ARD-Korrespondentin Bettina Meier, in die Pläne seien nur wenige eingeweiht gewesen. (German)
Commons category
Yahya al-Sinwar
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Identifiers

VIAF ID
120129760
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GND ID
1307771106
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J9U ID
987007309693805171
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BabelNet ID
21515056n
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IMDb ID
nm15823334
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Treccani ID
eol-sinwar-yahya
subject named as
Sinwar, Yahya
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WikiKids ID
Yahya_Sinwar
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Yle topic ID
18-304260
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