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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'), [57] is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist [58] political and military movement governing parts of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip ...
The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Islamist [1] fundamentalist [2] socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades. [3] [4] Hamas ( حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلاميةḤarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic ...
The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, which involved a rocket barrage and an estimated 3,000 militants breaching the Gaza–Israel barrier and attacking Israeli civilian communities and military bases.
The Israel–Hamas war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched a coordinated armed incursions on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As of 12 July 2024, over 39,000 people (38,345 Palestinian and 1,478 Israeli) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 108 journalists (103 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 employees ...
UN OCHA casualties summary, as of 19 June 2024. As of 12 July 2024, over 39,000 people (38,345 Palestinian [1] and 1,478 Israeli [13]) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 108 journalists (103 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) [14] and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 employees of UNRWA.
Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip in Palestine since its takeover of the region from rival party Fatah in June 2007. [1] [2] [3] Hamas' government was led by Ismail Haniyeh from 2007 until February 2017, when Haniyeh was replaced as leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip by Yahya Sinwar. [4] As of November 2023, Yahya Sinwar continues to be the ...
In 1987–88, during the initial phase of the First Intifada, the 1988 Hamas Charter was written by one older Hamas leader and ratified by Hamas in a slight hurry, as instrument to "maintain the momentum" of the newly risen Palestinian "resistance generation", giving them broad strokes direction, partly expressed in religious Islamic and partly ...
Gaza Strip mass graves. All Eyes on Rafah. The outbreak of the Israel–Hamas warled to an increased dislike of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahuand the governmentfrom Israeli citizens due to a perceived failure of leadership on the issue,[1]with increased calls for Netanyahu's resignation.