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Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
The pause in 15 months of war is a step toward ending the deadliest, most destructive fighting ever between Israel and the Hamas militant group - and comes more than a year after the only other ...
The father of one of the approximately 100 hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas is still “in the dark” about the fate of his son, despite Israel and the militant group reaching a ceasefire and ...
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect at 11:15 a.m. UTC+02:00. [8] The first three Israeli hostages to be released as part of the ceasefire agreement were released by Hamas. [9] The IDF claimed to have killed about 3,000 militants and arrested hundreds in its offensive in north Gaza. [10]
Middle Eastern crisis Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Palestinian internal political violence, the Israel–Lebanon conflict, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Arab–Israeli conflict, and the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war Clockwise from top: Fires in the Gaza envelope following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, damage from the Israeli bombing of the Gaza ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [t] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [74]
Hamas is solely responsible,” he said, before threatening a continuation of hostilities. “We are holding onto some significant assets to ensure the return all of the hostages fighting.
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by a number of Western states and regional blocs, including the US, the UK, Japan, Australia and the EU. [29] [30] [3] [31] China and Russia do not regard Hamas as a terrorist organization, [32] [33] [34] and a 2018 motion to condemn Hamas for "acts of terror" at the UN failed to pass. [35]