Yahya alSinwar. Photo: Al Jazeera via MEMRI
The person largely responsible for the terrible IsraelHamas conflict and its thousands of deaths has a familiar first and last name and a familiar face. He is treated as “walking corpse” of Israel and would be called “João” in Brazil, due to the version of the name João Batista or “Yahya” in the Quran.
At the beginning of the conflict, his picture gave a tender kiss to photojournalist Hassan Eslaiah, an employee of CNN International It is Associated Press (AP), drew the world’s attention to this terrorist leader who had such close ties to the press that shapes public opinion in the West. After all, who is the leader of Hamas?
Born in 1962 in the Khan Yunis refugee camp, Yahya Sinwar His childhood was shaped by the IsraelPalestine conflict. He was convicted of plotting to kidnap and murder Israeli soldiers and spent 23 years in Israeli prisons, where he learned Hebrew to “get to know the enemy.” Published in 2011 Gilad Shalit AccordsHis release was one of the most controversial moments of the conflict.
In 2017, Sinwar took over the leadership of Hamas in Gaza and took a radical and hardline stance. In May 2021, he threatened Israel with violent attacks at a rally, leading to the October 7 massacre in which around 1,200 people died and more than 200 defenseless Israeli hostages were captured. Hamas became a new Islamic State, or ISIS, which achieved the same level of brutality and audacity.
Under Sinwar, Hamas rejects the twostate solution, making peace efforts impossible. Meanwhile, Gaza is facing the worst economic and humanitarian situation. About 53% of the population of the Hamasrun Gaza Strip lives below the poverty line. Unemployment reaches 45%.
Hamas leaders, including Sinwar, lead luxurious lives in Doha and other capitals that contrast sharply with the poverty in Gaza and are vampirized by a bloodthirsty mafia gang that could care less about the lives they control and which they constantly put at risk. Gunfights line.
Yahya Sinwar, as leader of Hamas, was a central figure in maintaining the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Your life is synonymous with death and Israel continues its mission to open a final chapter to this tragic story.
John the Baptist, cousin of Jesus, was a saint who died unjustly beheaded in prison. Yahya will soon have a much worse eternal fate.