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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]
Mosab Hassan Yousef ( Arabic: مصعب حسن يوسف; born 5 May 1978) is an ex– Palestinian militant who defected to Israel in 1997, thereafter working as an Israeli spy for the Shin Bet until he moved to the United States in 2007. His father is Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas. A New York Times bestselling author, he is known ...
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. 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.
On 7 October 2023, a large escalation of the Gaza–Israel conflict began with a coordinated offensive by multiple Palestinian militant groups against Israel.A number of countries, including many of Israel's Western allies, such as the United States and a number of European countries, condemned the attacks by Hamas, expressed solidarity for Israel and stated that Israel has a right to defend ...
Yahya Ibrahim Hassan al-Sinwar was born on 7 or 29 October 1962, in the Khan Yunis refugee camp, when the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian rule, where he spent his early years. [ 26] His family were expelled from or fled from Al-Majdal Asqalan ( Arabic: مدينة مجدل, romanized : Medīna Majal ), [ 27] now known as Ashkelon, during the 1948 ...
Hamas co-founder. Hassan Yousef (born 1955) is a Palestinian militant and co-founder of Hamas who currently serves as organization's leader in the West Bank . He is considered a member of Hamas' extremist faction and refrains from any talk of rapprochement between Israelis and Palestinians. [ 1] He is also considered one of the spiritual ...
This is a list of notable engagements during the Israel–Hamas war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements, covering events which took place or began during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on the 7 October, events and immediately afterwards, Israel's declaration of war on 8 October, the imposition of the 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, and active operations in the Gaza Strip.