| A spokesman for the group also said that he was in "good health and [ | |
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| In 1988, he masterminded the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinian whom he suspected cooperating with Israel, for which he was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to four life sentences in 1989 | United States Department of State |
Early life [ ] Sinwar was born Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar in 1962, in a refugee camp in , when it was under Egyptian rule, where he spent his early years.
28| He is the second most powerful figure within Hamas | In March, he established a Hamas controlled administrative committee for the Gaza Strip, which meant that he opposed any power sharing with the in |
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| Career [ ] 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 Palestinian cause | He is the highest-ranking Hamas official in Gaza and Gaza's de facto ruler, as well as the second most powerful member of Hamas after Haniyeh |
Sinwar spent the next hour wandering in Gaza streets and having selfie photos with the public.
| In September 2017, a new round of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority began in Egypt, and Sinwar agreed to dissolve the Hamas administrative committee for Gaza | However, in the week that followed, he appeared publicly at least four times |
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| ] pursuing his duties as usual | Arrested again in 1985, upon his release he together with Rawhi Mushtaha co-founded the Majd security organisation, which worked to, inter alia, identify Israeli spies in the Palestinian movement, and which in 1987 became the "police" of Hamas |