The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas [d] (an Arabic acronym from Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), [31] [e] is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist [32] political organisation with a …

During the Gaza war, the IDF published its intelligence about the Hamas military in the Gaza Strip. [110] They put the strength of the Qassam Brigades there at the start of the war at 30,000 fighters, organised by area in five brigades, consisting in total …

Oct 26, 2023 · Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group, has been governing the Gaza Strip since 2007. Its military wing, the Qassam Brigades, carried out attacks inside Israel on October 7, killing more...

Jan 20, 2025 · As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza's ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from the rubble. The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel — among the deadliest and...

Oct 8, 2023 · Hamas, an armed Palestinian group, launched one of the largest assaults on Israel in decades on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, taking more than 220...

3 days ago · Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, on Thursday confirmed the killing of its military leader Mohammed Deif and deputy military commander Marwan Issa in combat.

Oct 7, 2023 · Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This...

3 days ago · Muhammad Deif, the shadowy leader of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza and one of the chief architects of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that ignited a war, was confirmed by Hamas on Thursday to ...

Oct 7, 2023 · Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This...

Oct 31, 2023 · For more than a decade, Israel’s military leadership grudgingly acknowledged one overriding trait in its Gaza enemy: Hamas knew how to bide its time. “Let the beast sleep until you’re ready,”...