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# Yahya Sinwar

| Yahya Sinwar |
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| يحيى السنوار |
| Sinwar in 2012 |
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| Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau |
| **In office** 6 August 2024 – 16 October 2024 |
| Deputy | Khalil al-Hayya |
| Preceded by | Ismail Haniyeh |
| Leader of Hamas in Gaza |
| **In office** 13 February 2017 – 16 October 2024 |
| Prime Minister | * Mohammed Awad
* Issam al-Da'alis
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| Preceded by | Ismail Haniyeh |
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| Personal details |
| Born | Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar (1962-10-29)29 October 1962 Khan Yunis, Egyptian-administered Gaza |
| Died | 16 October 2024(2024-10-16) (aged 61) Rafah, Palestine |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Hamas |
| Spouse(s) |
Samar Muhammad Abu Zamar
​ ​(m. 2011)​ |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Mohammed Sinwar (brother) |
| Education | Muslim University of Gaza (BA) |
| Nickname(s) | Abu Ibrahim (*kunya*)
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| Military career |
| Branch | Al-Qassam Brigades |
| Years of service | 1987–2024 |
| Battles / wars | First Uprising 2021 Palestine–Israel crisis Gaza–Israel war
* Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
* Invasion of Rafah **†**
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**Yahya Sinwar** (Arabic: يحيى السنوار) (29 October 1962 – 16 October 2024) was a Palestinian politician who was the leader of Hamas in Gaza.

## Early life

He was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Egyptian-governed Gaza in 1962. His family were forcibly expelled from the Palestinian city of Al-Majdal Asqalan during the 1948 War. He completed his academia at the Muslim University of Gaza and received a bachelor's degree in Arabic studies.

## Activities

For planning the capture and killing of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians accused of working with Israel in 1989, he was sentenced to four life sentences by the Israeli courts, of which he served 22 years until his release among 1,026 others in a 2011 prisoner exchange. In 2017, he was elected as the leader of Hamas. He was re-elected as the leader of Hamas in 2021, and had a failed assassination against him by Israel that year.

## Personal Life

In addition to his native Arabic, Sinwar spoke Hebrew, which he learned, along with insights into Jewish culture, while held captive by Israel.

## Death

On 17 October 2024, Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said they were looking into whether Sinwar was among three individuals killed in an operation in Gaza that had taken place the day before, though neither Israel or Hamas made any official confirmation. A body believed to be Sinwar's and a DNA sample were collected. According to Kan radio, the bodies of Sinwar and his associates were found with cash, weapons and fake IDs.

The IDF confirmed through DNA analysis that Sinwar had been killed a day earlier in Gaza during a firefight with the IDF.
# Israel–Hamas war protest vote movements

The **Israel–Hamas war protest voting movements** were a series of protest movementsduring the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Its main target was President Joe Biden on his policies, his alleged opposition to Palestine, alleged pro-Israel, and mostly about the Israel–Hamas war. Uncommitted, a voting option used mainly for the protests, was considered a form of protest in the primaries. The protest vote has happened in many primaries and caucuses in different states across the United States.

Other names for the protest vote included **Abandon Biden** and **uncommitted movements**.

The protest vote began in Michigan and has spread to many primaries.

## Background

US President Joe Biden has provided aid to Israel since the war broke out. Many people have expressed dissatisfaction about this, saying that US President Joe Biden is "supporting genocide" and denouncing his alleged pro-democracy crimes, pro-Israel and his opposition against Palestine. These people took advantage of the Democratic Party's primaries to oppose the Biden administration.

## Primaries

### New Hampshire

A small number of voters in New Hampshire who support a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip launched a write-in campaign for "ceasefire" in the New Hampshire primary. Even though Biden refused to appear on the ballot.

### Michigan

This primary is where the protests attracted people the most, when Muslim voters protested the Biden administration over what they are doing in the Gaza Strip towards Palestinian civilians. The majority of people here supported former president Donald Trump.

### Super Tuesday

In Minnesota, a voting option called "Uncommitted" won 18% of the votes and 11 delegates. In North Carolina, 12% voted for "no preference" as an another way to oppose Biden.

### Post-Super Tuesday

In Hawaii, "Uncommitted" received 455 votes, or nearly 29% of the total votes, which net the movement 6 delegates.

In Washington, Uncommitted received almost 10% of the popular votes, compared to Biden's almost 84%.

## Impact

### Withdrawal of Joe Biden

On July 21, 2024, President Joe Biden tweeted on X that he had withdrawn from the presidential election, and handed it to Vice President Kamala Harris, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president to withdraw since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. Some uncommitted voters, who were disappointed in Biden, were noted to be "watching Harris closely to see how she differs from Biden on this issue." On November 5, Harris lost to Trump in the 2024 presidential election, Congress confirmed the election on January 6, 2025 (with Harris accepted it) and Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
# Israeli war crimes in the Gaza war

Palestine Tower destroyed in Gaza, October 2023.
Since the Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, Israel has been accused of committing war crimes. These include collective punishment of Palestinians, attacks on civilians in crowded areas (such as hospitals, schools, refugee camps, and public services), torture, executions, sexual violence, and genocide. Other accusations include forced evacuations, mistreatment of prisoners, and destruction of cultural sites. Organizations like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, Oxfam, and UN experts have reported on these actions.

Israel has been legally accused of committing genocide in Gaza, including a case brought to the International Court of Justice.

Israel has also supported Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the salafist Popular Forces who loot aid convoys and are responsible for the Kerem Shalom aid convoy looting, critics have nicknamed Abu Shabaab the "Pablo Escobar of Gaza".

## Bombing Israeli hostages

On November 10, 2023, an Israeli airstrike killed three hostages—Corporal Nik Beizer, Sergeant Ron Sherman, and Elia Toledano. An investigation by the IDF later found it was highly likely the airstrike caused their deaths. The IDF said they didn’t know the hostages were in the tunnel complex they targeted.
# Gaza humanitarian crisis

Residents inspect an apartment destroyed in an Israeli airstrike
The Israel–Hamas war has caused a **humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip**. This crisis involves many different problems, including famine and the collapse of Gaza's healthcare system.

UNICEF and well-known nonprofit organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross have warned that the crisis in Gaza is severe. On November 8, 2023, the United Nations Human Rights chief described a border into Gaza as "gates to a living nightmare."

## Blockade

*See the main article: Blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023)*

Israel began blockading Gaza at the beginning of the war. This prevented anything from going in or out, leaving the local people without enough fuel, food, or medical supplies. By October 2023, the blockade had caused electricity to drop by 90%; this affected hospitals, sewage plants, and water sources. There have been widespread disease outbreaks across Gaza.

## Airstrikes

Israeli airstrikes caused extensive damage to Gaza, which worsened the humanitarian crisis. CNN estimated in December 2023 that Israel had dropped over five hundred 2,000-pound bombs on Gaza in the first month of the war. Marc Garlasco, a former defense intelligence analyst and war crimes investigator, told CNN:

> [These] heavy munitions, mostly manufactured by the US, can cause high casualty events and can have a lethal fragmentation radius – an area of exposure to injury or death around the target – of up to 365 meters (about 1,198 feet), or the equivalent of 58 soccer fields in area.
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Over 4,000 children died or were hurt in the first month of the war. In November 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General said Gaza was "becoming a graveyard for children.

As of January 2024, Israel’s offensive has either damaged or destroyed 70–80% of all buildings in northern part of Gaza.
# Wael Dahdouh

| Wael Dahdouh |
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| وائل الدحدوح |
| Dahdouh wearing a press vest while reporting in the Gaza Strip in December 2023 |
| Born | Wael Hamdan Ibrahim Al-Dahdouh  (1970-04-30) April 30, 1970 Gaza City |
| Nationality | Palestine |
| Other names | Abu Hamza |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza Al-Quds University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Al Jazeera |
| Awards | Peace Through Media Award (2013) |

**Wael Al-Dahdouh** (Arabic: وائل الدحدوح; born 30 April, 1970) also known as **Abu Hamza** is a Palestinian journalist and the bureau chief of Al Jazeera in Gaza City.

Wael started working for the press in 1998. He started his career as a correspondent for the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds, and worked for other media outlets including Al-Arabiya in 2003 before joining Al Jazeera (Arabic) in 2004. Wael was famous for his continuous coverage of what was happening in the Gaza Strip during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, as he was the main correspondent for the Qatari channel in the Strip and was constantly present there. On October 25, 2023, the family of the Palestinian journalist was subjected to an Israeli air strike that targeted the house in which they were displaced in the Nuseirat camp, which caused the death of his wife, son, daughter and even his grandson. On 15 December 2023, while Al-Dahdouh and his colleague cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa were covering the Haifa School airstrike in Khan Yunis, they were hit by an Israeli missile, injuring Dahdouh and killing his colleague Abu Daqqa. His son Hamza al-Dahdouh who was also a journalist was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis on 7 January 2024.
# Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war

Beginning on October 17, 2023, Iran-backed militias launched over 170 coordinated attacks on U.S. military bases and assets in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan, in response to U.S. support for Israel in the Gaza war.

## Iraq

### Al-Asad air base

On October 17, 2023, during the Gaza war, Iraqi militants attempted a drone strike on the U.S. al-Asad Airbase in northern Iraq. The attack was intercepted.
The next day, a false alarm at the base led to the death of a civilian contractor who suffered a heart attack.
On October 20, the U.S. ordered all non-essential staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Erbil.

On November 20, a ballistic missile hit the base, injuring eight U.S. and coalition soldiers and causing minor damage.

On January 20, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for a large missile attack on the base. Dozens of missiles injured several U.S. troops and one Iraqi soldier.
The attack occurred at 6:30 p.m. Baghdad time. The U.S. responded with over 15 Patriot missiles to defend the base.