What is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza?
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 triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The agreement temporarily ends the fighting in the Palestinian territory for the first time since November 2023.
In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump ...
"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.
For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian ...
killing about 1,200 people and abducting 251 more back to the tiny coastal territory Hamas controls. Israel's hostages may finally come home:The families can't wait About 90 Palestinians ...
After Israeli troops stood down when a cease-fire came into effect in the Gaza Strip, Hamas began sending thousands of its ...
Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials say
The deal would allow Israel throughout the first phase to remain in control of the Philadelphi corridor, the band of territory along Gaza’s border with Egypt, which Hamas had initially demanded ...
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