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==Political Activities==

He made a rare appearance at a conference organized by an anonymous think tank affiliated with Hamas in March 2015, where he spoke about the verdict of the Egyptian court on February 3, 2015, which had placed the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades and Hamas on the terrorist list. He said that Hamas is not currently seeking a military confrontation with Israel but is primarily interested in doubling its power for future confrontation by building its missiles and createing regional coalitions.

In 2017, Abu al-Baraa entered Egypt as a part of a military-political delegation to negotiate a prisoner exchange and his visits in the following years were repeated to discuss the cases related to prisoners, ceasefire and crossings. He was elected in the same year as one of the members of the political bureau representing the military branch of Hamas and was placed on the US terrorist lists in 2019. He was then re-elected to the same position in 2021.

===Repeated Threat of Assassination===

In February 2020, leaked information revealed that Israel intended to assassinate Issa and Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, in Gaza. When they learned of this plot, Egyptian intelligence officials traveled to Israel to persuade them not to carry out these assassinations. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades responded that their leaders were not afraid of being killed and would continue their resistance against Israel.

==Positions and Responsibilities==

* Member of the political bureau of Hamas in 2017, then re-elected in 2021;