Yahya Sinwar is a Palestinian political figure and a senior member of Hamas, the Islamist political organization and militant group that has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007. Born in 1962 in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Sinwar became involved with Hamas from a young age.
In 1988, he was arrested by Israeli authorities due to his involvement with Hamas and accused of murdering collaborators with Israel. Sinwar was sentenced to four life terms in prison by