Mohammed Shabir (Arabic: محمد شبير; 28 March 1946 – 12 November 2023) was a Palestinian politician and academic who served as president of the Islamic University of Gaza from 1990 to 2005.
[3] Considered close to both Hamas and Fatah, Shabir frequently visited the late Yasser Arafat in his West Bank and Gaza Strip headquarters.
[4] Shabir was originally from Khan Yunis and received his doctorate in microbiology from Marshall University.
Shabir was killed by an Israeli sniper after initially surviving an airstrike during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war on 12 November 2023.
[5] The airstrike on his family's home killed 5 people including a baby.