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Oct 9, 2023 · Founded in the late 1980s as an offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and backed by Iran, Hamas fights for an end to Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and supports the establishment of an Islamic state.
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] .
Oct 7, 2023 · Hamas rejects Israel's right to exist and is committed to its destruction. Hamas justified its attack as a response to what it calls Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
May 23, 2024 · JERUSALEM (AP) — Diminished but not deterred, Hamas is still putting up a fight after seven brutal months of war with Israel, regrouping in some of the hardest-hit areas in northern Gaza and resuming rocket attacks into nearby Israeli communities.
Nov 22, 2023 · Hamas rules Gaza with repression and violence and polls show that it does not have the support of ordinary Palestinians.
- Christoph Bluth
Oct 11, 2023 · Published: October 11, 2023 12:29pm EDT. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the longest and most violent ongoing modern conflicts. It involves multiple causes, and includes various...
In 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative election by campaigning on clean government without corruption, combined with affirmation of Palestinians' right to armed struggle against the Israeli occupation, thus winning a majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council. [60] .
