# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ismail-abu-shanab
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:04:55.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ismail-abu-shanab"
name: "Ismail Abu Shanab"
slug: "ismail-abu-shanab"
description: "Ismail Abu Shanab was a Palestinian engineer and one of the founders of Hamas. He was one of its three most senior leaders in Gaza. More specifically, he was the second highest leader of Hamas only after Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He was also the political leader of Hamas, who was strongly against suicide bombings and in favor of a long-term truce."
tagline: "Engineer (1950-2003)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950"
deathDate: "2003-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.482398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Abu_Shanab"
    title: "Ismail Abu Shanab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A8"
    title: "إسماعيل أبو شنب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Abu_Schanab"
    title: "Ismail Abu Schanab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Abu_Shanab"
    title: "Ismail Abu Shanab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%91"
    title: "אסמאעיל אבו שנב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Abu_Shanab"
    title: "Ismail Abu Shanab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1500274"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump