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Hamas, [d] an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya ( Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized : Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, lit. 'Islamic Resistance Movement'), [56] is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist [57] political and military movement governing the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007.
The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Islamist [1] [2] fundamentalist [3] [4] [5] socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. [1] [6] [7] Hamas ( حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah ...
The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel on 7 October. An estimated 3,000 militants breached the Gaza–Israel barrier and attacked Israeli civilian communities and military bases. Several thousand rockets were concurrently launched into Israel.
The Fatah–Hamas conflict ( Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized : an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas, [a] the two main Palestinian political parties in the Palestinian territories, leading to the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007.
Foreign relations of Hamas. Hamas, the entity who as of 2023 had been the governing authority of the Gaza Strip, has foreign relations that spans various countries around the world. As of 2023, Mousa Abu Marzook is the group's head of international relations office. [1]
2017 Hamas charter. In May 2017 Palestinian political and military organization Hamas unveiled A Document of General Principles and Policies ( وثيقة المبادئ والسياسات العامة لحركة حماس ), also referred to as the new or revised Hamas charter. [1] [2] It advocated for a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders ...
Global attention on Hamas had implications for countries like Turkey and Qatar, which have strong ties with Hamas, and the United States was actively working with Qatar to secure the release of hostages. Hamas's actions had a significant impact on diplomatic efforts, potentially derailing a US-brokered deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when 200,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, settling in the Gaza Strip as refugees. [1] Since then, Israel has fought 15 [2] wars against the Gaza Strip. The number of Gazans reportedly killed in the most recent 2023 war ...