{"id":25657,"date":"2025-05-14T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-to-know-about-muhammad-sinwar-the-hamas-leader-targeted-by-israel\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:36:35","slug":"what-to-know-about-muhammad-sinwar-the-hamas-leader-targeted-by-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-to-know-about-muhammad-sinwar-the-hamas-leader-targeted-by-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Muhammad Sinwar, the Hamas Leader Targeted by Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military struck the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Tuesday evening in an attempt to kill Muhammad Sinwar, one of Hamas\u2019s top leaders in the enclave, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/13\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-sinwar-khan-younis.html\" title=\"\">according to Israeli military officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There was no immediate confirmation that Israel was successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Throughout the war in Gaza, Israel has sought to eliminate Hamas\u2019s hierarchy, methodically assassinating the group\u2019s top officials. After such killings, the Israeli military has often taken weeks to confirm a target\u2019s death, while Hamas has sometimes taken months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s what we know about Mr. Sinwar, who has survived such assassination attempts before.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-44a63a5b\">He is Yahya Sinwar\u2019s younger brother.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Muhammad Sinwar was born in Khan Younis in 1975. He is the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that started the war in Gaza in October 2023 and in whose footsteps Muhammad Sinwar followed for much of his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their family fled Ashkelon, Israel, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to a refugee camp in Khan Younis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The younger Mr. Sinwar is believed to have joined Hamas in the early 1990s as Yahya was rising up the organization\u2019s ranks. In 1991, he was arrested by the Israeli military for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/after-deif-killed-is-mohammed-sinwar-hamass-next-terror-master\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suspected terror activity<\/a>, spending less than a year in Israeli custody. He was also jailed for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hamass-gaza-leader-muhammad-sinwar-targeted-in-idf-strike-fate-unclear\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">several years in the 1990<\/a>s in the West Bank city of Ramallah by the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-341fdc0b\">He is known as \u2018the Shadow.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Like his elder brother, Muhammad Sinwar has long been wanted by the Israeli authorities. He is said to have been targeted in six assassination attempts by 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2014, the Israeli military believed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/top-hamas-officer-rumored-killed-by-idf\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that it had killed the younger Mr. Sinwar,<\/a> only to discover that he had survived. In late 2023, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IDF\/status\/1722970884963479619\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli military said on social media<\/a> that it had searched his office in a raid on a Hamas military post and training compound in Gaza, \u201cwhere military doctrine documents were located.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But both Sinwar brothers continued to elude Israel, until Yahya, then the political leader of Hamas, was killed by the Israeli military in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a 2022 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/encyclopedia\/2022\/10\/17\/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%86%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d8%b6%d9%88-%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%83%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%a8\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">interview with Al Jazeera<\/a>, it was reported that Muhammad was so elusive that he would not be recognized by most people in Gaza, and had even missed his father\u2019s funeral to maintain secrecy about his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He is believed to have spent much of the war underground in an effort to escape Israeli airstrikes. But in recent months, he had been seen aboveground in Khan Younis, including at Nasser Hospital, according to a Middle Eastern intelligence official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, the Israeli military said its forces had struck a Hamas command center underneath the European Hospital near Khan Younis. The Gazan health ministry said that at least six people were killed and at least 40 others wounded.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1b606f77\">He holds a prominent role in Hamas.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Muhammad Sinwar is believed to be one of the most senior Hamas military commanders left in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to Yahya Sinwar, Israel has eliminated Muhammad Deif, commander of Hamas\u2019s military wing who was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/01\/world\/middleeast\/muhammad-deif-hamas-death.html\" title=\"\">killed in an Israeli airstrike in July<\/a>; and Ismail Haniyeh, the group\u2019s political chief, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/31\/world\/middleeast\/ismail-haniyeh-dead.html\" title=\"\">was killed on a visit to Iran in July<\/a>, when he was attending the inauguration of Iran\u2019s new president in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By targeting Muhammad Sinwar, the Israeli military may hope to remove a particularly hard-line negotiator. He is known for opposing compromises with Israel in cease-fire negotiations, according to two Israeli officials and the Middle Eastern intelligence official, just as his elder brother had. He has also refused to agree to any truce that would include dismantling and disarming Hamas, which Israel has insisted upon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In January, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/hamas-has-another-sinwar-and-hes-rebuilding-0a16031d\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> that the younger Mr. Sinwar had been recruiting new fighters for Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the Al Jazeera 2022 interview, Muhammad Sinwar, then a senior commander in Hamas\u2019s military wing, spoke about the failed assassination attempts against him and about resisting Israel, saying, \u201cFor us, shooting rockets at Tel Aviv is easier than drinking water.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-45b43556\">He is linked to the abduction of Gilad Shalit.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel has accused the younger brother of being one of the people responsible for planning an attack that led to the abduction of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Shalit was captured in a cross-border raid into Israel and held in Gaza for five years. Muhammad Sinwar is said to have held the soldier captive himself for some time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The soldier was exchanged in 2011 for more than 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Among those freed was Yahya Sinwar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2022, the younger Mr. Sinwar told Al Jazeera he believed that such trades could help secure the release of thousands of Palestinians held in Israel. The next year, Hamas abducted about 250 hostages from Israel, taking them to Gaza for use as bargaining chips in future negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reporting was contributed by <!-- -->Ronen Bergman<!-- -->, <!-- -->Adam Rasgon<!-- -->, <!-- -->Patrick Kingsley<!-- --> and <!-- -->Aaron Boxerman<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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