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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. This triggered a ...
Since the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has been at war in the Middle East. The conflict has stretched across borders, spanning Gaza to Lebanon to Iran.
Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said its fighters are still engaged in fierce clashes in several sites inside Israel, with fighting continuing in several areas bordering the Gaza strip ...
The Gaza war [p] has been fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [q] in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. The fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, it is the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, [74] and sparked an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Gaza war, and the Middle Eastern crisis Satellite view of fires in the Gaza envelope on October 7, 2023 Date October 7–8, 2023 Location Gaza Envelope, Southern District, Israel Result Israeli defensive failure ...
Hamas had delivered “a blow to Israel beyond what it is used to,” and was also putting its capabilities on display, said Omar Rahman, a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs who ...
In December, Israel proposed to stop fighting for a week in exchange for 40 hostages still held by Hamas. [101] In response, Hamas declined this offer on 20 December, asserting that the release of Israeli hostages would not be considered until a ceasefire was put into place first. [102] This was rejected by Israel the following day. [103]
An acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement, which also means “zeal” in Arabic, Hamas was created on the three pillars of religion, charity and the fight against Israel – also establishing a ...