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Hamas. The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas[k] (an Arabic acronym from Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), [63][l] is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist [64] political organisation with a military wing called the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades.
The history of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist [1] – described by some as 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 الاسلامية Ḥarakat al ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [ab] 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. [135]
Ismail Haniyeh. Ismail Haniyeh[e] (Arabic: إسماعيل هنية, romanized: Ismāʿīl Haniyyah[7][5][8] pronunciation ⓘ; [f] c. 1962 or 1963[c] – 31 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from May 2017 until his assassination in July 2024. [10][11] He also served as prime minister of ...
Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. On 7 October 2023, as part of the Hamas-led attack on Israel at the beginning of the Israel–Hamas war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, [2][3][4] including children, [5] women, and elderly people. [6][7] In addition to hostages with only Israeli ...
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 ...
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]
Impacts of the Israel–Hamas war. Qatar 's ruling emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha, Qatar on 7 January 2024. The outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war led to an increased dislike of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government from Israeli citizens due to a perceived failure of ...