Muhammad Ismail Darwish محمد إسماعيل درويش | |
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Darwish in 2025 | |
| Chairman of the Hamas Shura Council | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Osama Mazini |
| Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Yahya Sinwar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Ismail Darwish Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Hamas |
| Residence | Doha, Qatar |
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 been the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council since October 2023.
On 9 September 2025, Darwish was at the Hamas Headquarters in Doha, Qatar during an airstrike by Israel that was targeting him. He survived the attack.
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