Mohammed Sinwar
Mohammed Sinwar (محمد السنوار), born in Khan Younis in 1975, is a member of member of the Military Council of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades — Hamas‘s armed wing. He is the younger brother of Yahyia Sinwar, Hamas’s former leader.
Mohammed Sinwar is reportedly the acting head of the Qassam Brigades in the southern half of the Gaza Strip as well as the commander of Hamas’s brigade in Khan Younis since 2005. Sinwar took part in the first intifada and has been repeatedly detained by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. He took part in the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006, whom Hamas swapped in 2011 for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including Yahyia Sinwar.
Israel made at least six assassination attempts on Mohammed Sinwar. He was involved in the planning of the 7 October 2023 attacks against Israel and is considered to be more hardline than his older brother.