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Israel Unrest: Hamas launches rocket attack on Tel Aviv

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Hamas Holds Military Drills Amid Violence in West Bank, Prepares for Confrontation With Israel

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15 years of Hamas rule of Gaza

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Israel bombards Hamas in Gaza after rocket attack amid soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions

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Israel, Hamas Continue To Honor Cease-Fire, But Region Remains On Edge

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⭕️ رسالة للمجتمعين في المنامة.. مؤتمركم وهم سيتبدد على صخرة صمود هذا الشعب. #يسقط_مؤتمر_البحرين #لا_لصفقة_القرن https://t.co/VVongD4evj

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"المقاومة تضرب في كل مكان.. نحو النصر والتمكين" في مثل هذا اليوم شيعت الجماهير #أسد_فلسطين عبد العزيز الرنتيسي. https://t.co/z05wzrHZ02

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رجل السياسة والبندقية.. 16 عامًا على اغتيال القائد #إبراهيم_المقادمة. https://t.co/9rwK69S3eY https://t.co/VZEUOoqGaz

Hamas, officially the Islamic Resistance Movement, is a Sunni Islamist political and military organization governing the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories. Headquartered in Gaza City, it also has a presence in the West Bank, in which its secular rival Fatah exercises control. Hamas is widely considered to be the "dominant political force" within the Palestinian territories.
  • Etymology 

  • Leadership and structure 

  • Consultative councils 

  • Social services wing 

  • Military wing 

  • Finances and funding 

  • Origins 

  • First Intifada 

  • Collaborators 

  • Oslo years 

  • Expulsion from Jordan 

  • Second Intifada 

  • 2006 presidential and legislative elections 

  • National Unity Government 

  • Hamas–Fatah conflict 

  • 2008–2009 Gaza War 

  • After the Gaza War 

  • 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict 

  • Reconciliation attempts 

  • Media 

  • Al-Aqsa TV 

  • Hamas Charter (1988) 

  • In the Gaza Strip 

  • In the West Bank 

  • Tayyip Erdoğan's Turkey as a role model 

  • Antisemitism and anti-Zionism 

  • Hamas Charter 

  • Statements by Hamas members and clerics to an Arab audience 

  • Statements by Hamas members and clerics to an international audience 

  • Statements on the Holocaust 

  • Attacks on civilians 

  • Rocket attacks on Israel 

  • Attempts to derail 2010 peace talks 

  • Themes of martyrdom 

  • Guerrilla warfare 

  • Extrajudicial killings of rivals 

  • 2011–2013 Sinai insurgency 

  • International views of Hamas 

  • United States 

  • Human shields 

  • Political freedoms 

  • Human rights abuses 

  • International support 

  • Qatar and Turkey 

  • China 

  • Public opinion about Hamas 

  • In the United States 

  • In Germany