Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist militant organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. It has been the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip since its takeover of that area in 2007. During this period it fought several wars with Israel. Israel, the United States and the European Union classify, either in whole or in part, Hamas as a terrorist organization. This classification is one among various and diverse international positions on the nature of Hamas. Russia, China, and Turkey are some countries who view Hamas in a positive light.
Gazans living in the blockaded coastal enclave take to social media as the international community lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Soraya Ali reports.
For the first time, the blockaded Gaza Strip ruled by the Islamic Hamas movement, has replaced mosque preachers with doctors to present the weekly Friday sermon. The specialized doctors warned the.. WorldNews - Published
Israeli aircraft struck the Islamic Jihad militant group in both the Gaza Strip and Syria, killing two fighters after the group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel. In the latest tit-for-tat violence.. WorldNews - Published
London: Dozens of Israeli soldiers have had their smartphones hacked by Hamas’ hackers posing as women, the Israeli military admitted but asserted that there had not been any “significant breach of.. WorldNews - Published
Israel's military said on Sunday it had thwarted an attempted malware attack by Hamas that sought to gain access to soldiers' mobile phones by using seductive pictures of young women. France 24 - Published
Hamas militants, posing as attractive young women, have infected the mobile phones of dozens of Israeli soldiers, with malware embedded in fake photo-sharing apps, the... WorldNews - Published
Israel’s warplanes have launched fresh airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip amid escalating tensions in the region over the US President Donald Trump’s so-called deal of the century on.. WorldNews - Published
Palestinians around the world are uniting to thwart U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said, criticizing Arab governments who supported the plan. Reuters - Published
Palestinian condemnation of the U.S. Middle East peace plan came swiftly on Tuesday night, with thousands protesting in Gaza and the militant Islamist group Hamas saying it would confront President.. Reuters - Published
Under the plan, Israel would be allowed to annex about 30% of the West Bank, Jerusalem won't be divided and Hamas must give up their weapons. US President Donald Trump has presented his diplomatic plan.. WorldNews - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump's statements on his Mideast plan are "aggressive" and his proposals for Jerusalem are "nonsense", an official with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
Israeli aircraft struck several sites for Gaza terrorists late Saturday in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli military said the sites belonged to Hamas,.. WorldNews - Published
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said an attack helicopter struck a Hamas target in the northern Gaza Strip late Thursday in response to the launch of incendiary balloons into Israeli territory.. WorldNews - Published
Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclave's ruling Hamas militant.. Reuters - Published
Palestinians in Gaza will scale back protests along the fortified border with Israel, factions in the strip said on Thursday, in a sign of a lasting detente between Israel and Gaza's Islamist rulers.. Reuters - Published
Christians in the Palestinian territory of Gaza will be permitted to enter Jerusalem and the West Bank for Christmas, Israel’s government said on Sunday. The announcement comes just two days before.. WorldNews - Published
The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has praised an announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into war crimes committed by the Israeli regime in.. WorldNews - Published
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Thursday denied accusations that a militant Palestinian group is using its territory to plan attacks against Israel. The denial came following media reports that.. WorldNews - Published
Israeli warplanes have targeted a weapons factory allegedly run by Hamas. Overnight, Israel's Iron Dome defence system intercepted a rocket launched into the Israeli territory surrounding the Gaza.. WorldNews - Published
On Tuesday, 17 December, London-based newspaper The Telegraph claimed in its report that Hamas, designated as a terror group by Israel, US, UK and the European Union, has been using Turkey as a base to.. WorldNews - Published
Qatar will continue providing humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip into next year, the gas-rich Gulf state's envoy to the Palestinian enclave said on Wednesday, a pledge that may help stave off conflict.. Reuters - Published
The Political Bureau Chief of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has said the movement seeks to further deepen its ties with Iran and is not interested in talks with the US, despite.. WorldNews - Published
Here's the latest for Friday, December 13: Impeachment charges sent to full House; Trump announces interim U.S.-China trade agreement; six bodies recovered off the New Zealand coast; Hamas supporters.. USATODAY.com - Published
Ramallah/Gaza -- The remarks of the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements in the West Bank "don't contradict with the international laws" have on Monday outraged the.. WorldNews - Published
Leaders of the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip are reportedly at loggerheads over whether to join the Palestinian Islamic Jihad-instigated fighting against Israel or refrain from adding fuel to.. WorldNews - Published
Israel's prime minister says the military will continue to strike its enemies, including through covert missions, after a weekend flareup of violence in the Gaza Strip. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke his.. WorldNews - Published
Israeli aircraft hit a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Saturday in response to rocket fire that damaged a house in southern Israel. Dozens of strikes hit the Palestinian enclave in the early.. WorldNews - Published
For decades, Palestinians have been fighting against Israel for statehood and asking for recognition from the international community. But there is also a ferocious struggle for power between them:.. France 24 - Published
Israel bombed Hamas positions in Gaza overnight in retaliation for rocket fire across the border, which cut short an election rally by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.. ...... WorldNews - Published
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on a "wide range of terrorists and their supporters," including the Palestinian group Hamas and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, on the eve of.. Reuters - Published
GAZA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Hamas movement hailed on Friday the decision of a European court to cancel the listing of Hamas and its armed wing al-Qassam Brigades from the world's list of terrorism... WorldNews - Published
Hamas said on Wednesday that explosions that killed three police officers in Gaza on Tuesday were carried out by two suicide bombers and that an investigation was underway to discover who sent them. Reuters - Published
Hamas declares state of emergency after suspected suicide bomb attacks Explosions at two police checkpoints run by Hamas in Gaza have killed three officers and wounded several other Palestinians, in an.. WorldNews - Published
Two explosions ripped through police checkpoints in Gaza City late Tuesday, killing three policemen and wounding two passerby, Hamas officials said. France 24 - Published
Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state of emergency.. Reuters - Published
For months, the Israeli authorities have been blaming the Palestinian movement Hamas for Gaza residents’ aggressive actions toward Israel. ...... WorldNews - Published
Israel and the Islamist group Hamas have no desire to go to war despite an uptick in violence, the Qatari envoy who helped mediate a truce between the sides along the volatile Gaza border, said on.. Reuters - Published
Based on a recent report, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group has now been declared a terrorist organization by the Western Government. Due to this declaration, the group is not able to make use of any.. WorldNews - Published
Israel said it opened fire on armed Palestinians on Gaza’s border overnight and Hamas’s health ministry reported three dead Sunday, the latest in a series of incidents along the tense barrier. France 24 - Published
Regular protests and clashes erupted along the border of the blockaded Gaza Strip in March 2018 A Palestinian shot at Israeli soldiers along the Gaza boder Sunday and was killed when troops returned.. WorldNews - Published
Israeli troops killed four Palestinian militants who attempted to cross through the perimeter fence from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, stoking fears of escalation after months of uneasy calm... WorldNews - Published
The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas has criticized the United Nations (UN) for not including Israel in its annual list of countries that kill and maim children, the so-called... WorldNews - Published
A Palestinian who crossed the Gaza border into Israel overnight shot at Israeli troops. An Israeli tank also targeted a Hamas military post during the incident. There has been tension along the Gaza.. Firstpost - Published
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