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The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas [c] (the Arabic acronym from Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), [23] [d] is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist [24] political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hamas is a Palestinian nationalist and Islamic fundamentalist socio-political organization based in the Gaza Strip with an associated paramilitary force, the al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas (حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al ...
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 ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس (Arabic) Ra’īs al-Maktab as-Siasi li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās Emblem of Hamas Flag of Hamas Mashal Al-Hayya Jabarin Darwish Unknown Incumbent Temporary committee leadership Acting since 16 October 2024 Type ...
Israeli and Palestinian deaths preceding the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, of which most were civilians. [1] [2]In 1967, following the Six-Day War fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan), Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip which had formerly been occupied by Egypt. [3]
Hamas is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist organization, founded during the First Intifada in 1987. While Hamas played a minor role in the Intifada, it successfully used the Intifada to grow and position itself as an alternative to the secular, left-wing Palestinian Liberation Organisation following the end of the Intifada and the start of the Oslo Accords peace process.
'the elite'; Hebrew: הנוח׳בה, romanized: HaNukhba) is the special forces unit of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. [3] The word "Nukhba" is frequently used by Israelis (in Hebrew and English) to refer to Hamas militants. [4] In 2024, the usage of the word in Israel roughly corresponds to "Hamas militant" or "Hamas ...
Conflict between Fatah and Hamas began simmering when Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in January 2006. Israel and the Quartet—comprising the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations—demanded that the new Hamas government accept all previous agreements, recognize Israel's right to exist, and renounce violence; when Hamas refused, they cut off aid to ...