Yahya Sinwar brother Zakaria confirmed dead in “Israeli” strike

Zakaria al-Sinwar, brother of the late Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar, has been confirmed dead after succumbing to wounds sustained in an “Israeli” strike that targeted his tent in the Gaza Strip several days ago, local reports said.

The “Israeli” strike hit his tent in Nuseirat camp earlier this week, and killed his three sons on the spot.

Zakaria was announced dead at the time but later showed signs of life and was transferred to an intensive care unit – before succumbing to his wounds on Wednesday afternoon.

Zakaria Sinwar was a Palestinian historian and an academic – he is a professor of modern and contemporary history at the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip.

Born in Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Sinwar completed his secondary education in Khan Younis in 1983.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the Islamic University of Gaza and a diploma from Al-Aqsa University.

In 2003, he received a master’s degree, followed by a Ph.D. in the history of Zionism from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo in 2006.

Al-Sinwar served as the director of the Oral History Center at the Islamic University of Gaza from 2000 to 2002 and later became an associate professor in the university’s Department of History within the Faculty of Arts.