Overview

• Samr Muhammad Abu Zamar slipped out of Gaza through the Rafah crossing with a fake passport and significant cash in a Hamas-coordinated operation.
• She remarried in Turkey months after Yahya Sinwar’s death, with relocation and wedding arrangements handled by Hamas political bureau member Fathi Hammad.
• Najwa Sinwar also escaped Gaza via the same smuggling infrastructure ahead of Mohammed Sinwar’s elimination in an Israeli airstrike.
• Hamas’s long-standing tunnel and clandestine routes, originally built for arms smuggling, have been repurposed to evacuate leaders’ families.
• Ordinary Gazans remain unable to leave the enclave as Hamas leaders’ relatives benefit from privileged evacuation channels.