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Yahya Sinwar
Leader of Hamas in Gaza and the principal architect of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Sinwar was released in 2011 as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange after serving 22 years in Israeli prison. He became the most powerful Hamas figure in Gaza and was killed by Israeli forces in Rafah on October 16, 2024. He was succeeded as Hamas political chief by Mohammad Sinwar.
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