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Hamas is an acronym of the Arabic phrase حركة المقاومة الإسلامية or Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement". This acronym, HMS, was glossed in the 1988 Hamas Covenant [ 98] by the Arabic word ḥamās ( حماس) which itself means "zeal", "strength", or "bravery". [ 99]
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 ...
Hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom, the European Union, Egypt, United States, Canada and Japan. However it has long been provided with funding and weapons by Iran ...
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. The fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, it has been the deadliest for Palestinians in the entire Israeli–Palestinian conflict, [119] and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War.
Hamas, funded and supported by an Iranian regime, explicitly calls for the eradication of the state of Israel and its population. ... Instead, we have learned that groups like Hamas define peace ...
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]
Opinion: Hamas isn't just fighting Israel. It is part of a larger group that wants to wage a global religious war. We can't stand for that.
Since the start of the Israel–Hamas war on 7 October 2023, the UN Human Rights Council has identified "clear evidence" of war crimes by both Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces. [ 1] A UN Commission to the Israel–Palestine conflict stated that there is "clear evidence that war crimes may have been committed in the latest explosion of ...