Muhammad Ismail Darwish

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Muhammad Ismail Darwish
محمد إسماعيل درويش
Muhammad Ismail Darwish during an interview with Khamenei.ir website.jpg
Darwish in 2025
Chairman of the Hamas Shura Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 2023

Muhammad Ismail Darwish (Arabic : محمد إسماعيل درويش, romanized: Muḥammad ʾIsmāʿīl Darwīsh), also known as Abu Omar Hassan (Arabic : أبو عمر حسن, romanized: ʾAbū ʿUmar Ḥasan), is a Lebanese-born Palestinian politician who has served as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council since October 2023, succeeding Osama Mazini, after his death on 16 October 2023 by an Israeli strike. [1]

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Early life

Muhammad Ismail Darwish was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

Political career

He joined Hamas and is almost unknown as he does not appear in the media. Over the years, he dealt with and built the organization's economy, including transferring money from Iran to Hamas as well as investments around the world. [2]

He lives in Qatar. [2]

On 29 January 2025, he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey. [3]

On 1 March 2025, Darwish announced Hamas's willingness to abstain from participating in the governance of post-war Gaza, calling for a national unity government or a non-partisan technocratic body to rule the territory. [4]

Assassination attempt

On 9 September 2025, Darwish was at the Hamas Headquarters in Doha, Qatar during an airstrike. [5] [6] Hamas stated that its entire leadership survived the attack. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Halabi, Einav (6 August 2024). "Hamas said to pick head of religious council to replace Haniyeh". Ynet.
  2. 1 2 ""اختيار محمد إسماعيل درويش خلفاً لـ هنية".. مصادر تكشف, alarabiya".
  3. ↑ "Turkey's Erdogan meets with Hamas leader, delegation in Ankara". Reuters. 29 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Israel supports US proposal to extend ceasefire's first phase". Tivyside Advertiser. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "إسرائيل تستهدف قيادة حماس في قطر". العربية (in Arabic). 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Hamas denies assassination attempt on Khalil al-Hayya in Qatar". 2025. Archived from the original on 9 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hamas says its leadership survived Israel's assassination bid in Doha". Al Jazeera. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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