Sinwar, 61 years old, is considered the real leader of the movement, and he is one of the main targets that Israel wants to reach, because he set a reward of $ 400,000 for his elimination, according to what the American network ABC News reported earlier. .
Who is Yahya Sinwar?
- Sinwar helped found Hamas in the late 1980s.
- In 1989, an Israeli court sentenced him to four life sentences for his role in the killing of two Israeli soldiers.
- He spent 22 years in prison and was one of more than 1,000 Palestinian detainees released in 2011 in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for five years.
- In an interview with ABC News in December, Michael Kobe, a former officer in Israel’s internal security service, said he interrogated Sinwar more than 150 times.
- Kobi described Sinwar as strong, without emotions but not mentally ill.
- He said Sinwar, nicknamed the “Butcher of Khan Yunis,” after his hometown, bragged during questioning about killing suspected Palestinian informers with ” razor blade” and “machete”.
- In 2017, six years after his release from an Israeli prison, Sinwar was elected head of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip.
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The movement said in a statement: “Hamas announces the election of Leader Yahya Sinwar as head of the movement’s political bureau, succeeding Leader Ismail Haniyeh.
On Saturday, Hamas announced that it was holding extensive consultations to elect a new head of the political bureau following Haniyeh’s murder.
Haniyeh was assassinated in an attack in Iran’s capital, Tehran, last week.
Sinwar, 61 years old, is considered the real leader of the movement, and he is one of the main targets that Israel wants to reach, because he set a reward of $ 400,000 for his elimination, according to what the American network ABC News reported earlier. .
Who is Yahya Sinwar?
- Sinwar helped found Hamas in the late 1980s.
- In 1989, an Israeli court sentenced him to four life sentences for his role in the killing of two Israeli soldiers.
- He spent 22 years in prison and was one of more than 1,000 Palestinian detainees released in 2011 in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was held hostage by Hamas for five years.
- In an interview with ABC News in December, Michael Kobe, a former officer in Israel’s internal security service, said he interrogated Sinwar more than 150 times.
- Kobi described Sinwar as strong, without emotions but not mentally ill.
- He said Sinwar, nicknamed the “Butcher of Khan Yunis,” after his hometown, bragged during questioning about killing suspected Palestinian informers with ” razor blade” and “machete”.
- In 2017, six years after his release from an Israeli prison, Sinwar was elected head of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip.
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2024-08-06 18:02:18
