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Etymology. 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 [97] by the Arabic word ḥamās ( حماس) which itself means "zeal", "strength", or "bravery".
Oct 7, 2023 · Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have been at war since early October. It began when Hamas gunmen launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from Gaza - the deadliest in Israel's history.
1 day ago · Hamas-led armed groups committed “numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity” against civilians during the October 7 attack in southern Israel, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW ...
2 days ago · Israel Gives an Indication of the War’s Toll on Hamas. The military said that it had killed or captured around 14,000 combatants in Gaza since the war’s start but left considerable ambiguity ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Hamas, an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (“Islamic Resistance Movement”), was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a Palestinian cleric who became an activist in local branches of the ...
1 day ago · Hamas, militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. The group won an electoral majority in the 2006 legislative elections, but the legislature was dissolved the following year with Hamas left in control of the Gaza Strip.
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.
2 days ago · Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel. “Human Rights Watch research found that the Hamas-led assault on October 7 was designed to kill civilians and take as many people as ...
Dec 7, 2023 · Israel has contended that Hamas was using the hospital as a command-and-control center, a claim Hamas and hospital officials deny. The military has exposed a stretch of tunnel running under the...
Oct 10, 2023 · What is Hamas? Here's what to know The group, founded in 1987, has vowed to annihilate Israel. Before this past weekend's attack, it was responsible for many suicide bombings and other deadly ...
