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| '''Yahya Sinwar''' ('''Yehiya Sinwar''' {{lang-ar|يحيى السنوار}}) (born 1962) is a ], the military leader of the ] in ], and their newly elected prime minister, taking over from ].<ref name="Beaumont">{{Cite news|last=Beaumont |first=Peter |title=Hamas elects hardliner Yahya Sinwar as its Gaza Strip chief |date=13 February 2017 |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/13/hamas-elects-hardliner-yahya-sinwar-as-its-gaza-strip-chief |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170213150750/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/13/hamas-elects-hardliner-yahya-sinwar-as-its-gaza-strip-chief |archive-date=13 February 2017 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Balousha |first1=Hazam |last2=Booth |first2=William |date=13 February 2017 |title=Hamas names hard-liner as its new political leader in Gaza |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-names-hard-liner-as-its-new-political-leader-in-gaza-/2017/02/13/b4e31518-f1f6-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html |archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/6oHn0CiO9?https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-names-hard-liner-as-its-new-political-leader-in-gaza-/2017/02/13/b4e31518-f1f6-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html |archive-date=15 February 2017 |deadurl=no}}</ref> He was one of the co-founders of the security apparatus of ].<ref name="paldf">{{Cite web|script-title=نبذة عن حياة الأسير يحيى السنوار مؤسس الجهاز الأمني لحركة المقاومة الإسلامية حماس |trans-title=About the life of the prisoner Yahya Sinwar founder of the security apparatus of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas |date=15 April 2010 |language=ar |publisher=Palestinian Information Center |url=https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=602970 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160624171302/https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=602970 |archive-date=2016 |deadurl=no}}</ref> | '''Yahya Sinwar''' ('''Yehiya Sinwar''' {{lang-ar|يحيى السنوار}}) (born 1962) is a ], the military leader of the ] in ], and their newly elected prime minister, taking over from ].<ref name="Beaumont">{{Cite news|last=Beaumont |first=Peter |title=Hamas elects hardliner Yahya Sinwar as its Gaza Strip chief |date=13 February 2017 |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/13/hamas-elects-hardliner-yahya-sinwar-as-its-gaza-strip-chief |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170213150750/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/13/hamas-elects-hardliner-yahya-sinwar-as-its-gaza-strip-chief |archive-date=13 February 2017 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Balousha">{{Cite news|last1=Balousha |first1=Hazam |last2=Booth |first2=William |date=13 February 2017 |title=Hamas names hard-liner as its new political leader in Gaza |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-names-hard-liner-as-its-new-political-leader-in-gaza-/2017/02/13/b4e31518-f1f6-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html |archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/6oHn0CiO9?https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-names-hard-liner-as-its-new-political-leader-in-gaza-/2017/02/13/b4e31518-f1f6-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html |archive-date=15 February 2017 |deadurl=no}}</ref> He was one of the co-founders of the security apparatus of ].<ref name="paldf">{{Cite web|script-title=نبذة عن حياة الأسير يحيى السنوار مؤسس الجهاز الأمني لحركة المقاومة الإسلامية حماس |trans-title=About the life of the prisoner Yahya Sinwar founder of the security apparatus of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas |date=15 April 2010 |language=ar |publisher=Palestinian Information Center |url=https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=602970 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160624171302/https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=602970 |archive-date=2016 |deadurl=no}}</ref> | ||
| ==Early life== | |||
| Sinwar was born '''Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar''' in 1962, in a camp of ], where he spent his early years. After he graduated from high school at Khan Yunis Secondary School for Boys, he went on to the ] where he received a bachelor's degree in ] Studies.<ref name="paldf" /> | Sinwar was born '''Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar''' in 1962, in a camp of ], where he spent his early years. After he graduated from high school at Khan Yunis Secondary School for Boys, he went on to the ] where he received a bachelor's degree in ] Studies.<ref name="paldf" /> | ||
| ==Career== | |||
| A convicted murderer, Sinwar spent 22 years in an Israeli jail before being released as part of the ] for Israeli soldier ].<ref name="Beaumont" /> | |||
| Sinwar was first arrested in 1982 for subversive activities and he served several months in the ] prison where he met other Palestinian activists, including ], and dedicated himself to the Palestian cause.<ref name="paldf" /> Arrested again in 1985<ref name="Balousha" />, upon his release he helped co-found the Munazzamat al Jihad w’al-Dawa (Majd) security organisation, which worked to, ''inter alia'', identify Israeli spies in the Palestian movement,<ref name="Beaumont" /> and which in 1987 became the "police" of Hamas.<ref name="paldf" /> | |||
| In 1988, he masterminded in the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers, was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to multiple 30 year terms.<ref name="Balousha" /> He tried to escape several times but was always caught.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=قائد حماس بالسجون يحيى السنوار... خطط للهرب اكثر من مرة وعوقب بالعزل |trans-title=Inprisond Hamas leader Yehia Sinwar ... planed to escape more than once and was punished with solitary |date=19 October 2011 |publisher=Maan News Agency |url=http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=429675 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170215051848/http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=429675 |archive-date=15 February 2017 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Sinwar served 22 years of his sentence before being released as part of the ] for Israeli soldier ].<ref name="Beaumont" /> | |||
| ==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
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Yahya Sinwar (Yehiya Sinwar Template:Lang-ar) (born 1962) is a Palestinian, the military leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades in Gaza, and their newly elected prime minister, taking over from Ismail Haniyeh. He was one of the co-founders of the security apparatus of Hamas.
Early life
Sinwar was born Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar in 1962, in a camp of Khan Yunis, where he spent his early years. After he graduated from high school at Khan Yunis Secondary School for Boys, he went on to the Islamic University of Gaza where he received a bachelor's degree in Arabic Studies.
Career
Sinwar was first arrested in 1982 for subversive activities and he served several months in the Far'a prison where he met other Palestinian activists, including Salah Shehade, and dedicated himself to the Palestian cause. Arrested again in 1985, upon his release he helped co-found the Munazzamat al Jihad w’al-Dawa (Majd) security organisation, which worked to, inter alia, identify Israeli spies in the Palestian movement, and which in 1987 became the "police" of Hamas.
In 1988, he masterminded in the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers, was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to multiple 30 year terms. He tried to escape several times but was always caught. Sinwar served 22 years of his sentence before being released as part of the prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Notes and references
- ^ Beaumont, Peter (13 February 2017). "Hamas elects hardliner Yahya Sinwar as its Gaza Strip chief". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Balousha, Hazam; Booth, William (13 February 2017). "Hamas names hard-liner as its new political leader in Gaza". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ نبذة عن حياة الأسير يحيى السنوار مؤسس الجهاز الأمني لحركة المقاومة الإسلامية حماس [About the life of the prisoner Yahya Sinwar founder of the security apparatus of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas] (in Arabic). Palestinian Information Center. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2016.
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