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The history of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist [1] – described by some as fundamentalist [2] – socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades. [3][4] Hamas (حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas -led Palestinian militant groups [x] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War, in 1973. [128]
Timeline of the Israel–Hamas war. The Israel–Hamas war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched coordinated armed incursions on Israel from the Gaza Strip. [1] Some developments may become known or understood only in retrospect, so this is not an exhaustive list. Events on the ground for which the precise time is known are in Israel ...
Israeli and Palestinian deaths preceding the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, of which most were civilians. [1] [2]In 1967, following the Six-Day War fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan), Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip which had formerly been occupied by Egypt. [3]
Rahat incursion. On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian nationalist militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The attack coincided with the Jewish religious holiday Simchat Torah.
In a strongly worded statement shortly after the attack, Al Jazeera called the claim “baseless” adding that it highlighted “Israel’s long history of fabrications and false evidence used to ...
Hamas blamed Israel for not lifting the Gaza Strip blockade, and for an Israeli raid on a purported tunnel, crossing the border into the Gaza Strip from Israel on November 4, [89] which it held constituted a serious breach of the truce. [90] Israel accuses Hamas of violating the truce citing the frequent rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli ...
Until that point the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza had enjoyed the support of the Israeli authorities and had refrained from violent attacks. However, Hamas quickly began attacks on Israeli military targets, and subsequently, Israeli civilians. The Israeli army killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the First Intifada whilst 164 Israelis were killed.