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Following the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007, Abu Saqer, leader of Jihadia Salafiya, a rival group to Hamas, [59] announced the opening of a "military wing" to enforce Muslim law in Gaza. "I expect our Christian neighbors to understand the new Hamas rule means real changes. They must be ready for Islamic rule if they want to live in peace in Gaza."
It comes after Hamas claimed 70 people, including women and children, had been killed in airstrike as they fled they fled Gaza City. British-Palestinians say family members in Gaza 'running for ...
A wartime opinion poll among Palestinians published Wednesday shows a rise in support for Hamas, which appears to have ticked up even in the devastated Gaza Strip, and an overwhelming rejection of ...
International aid has been provided to Palestinians since at least the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.The Palestinians view the aid as keeping the Israeli–Palestinian peace process going, while Israelis and other foreign policy authorities have raised concerns that it is used to fund terrorism [1] [2] [3] and removes the imperative for Palestinians to negotiate a settlement of the Israeli ...
A number of Islamist groups opposed to Hamas have had a presence in the Gaza Strip, a part of the Palestinian territories.These groups began appearing in the Gaza Strip in the months leading up to and following the Israeli disengagement from the region in 2005 and have maintained a presence even after the 2007 Battle of Gaza, when Hamas wrestled control of the Gaza Strip from its rival Fatah ...
Currently, more than 2.1 million people live in the 141 square miles that make up Gaza Strip, making the Hamas-controlled territory one of the world’s densest population centers.
Polls conducted in September 2023 found that support for Hamas among Palestinians stood at around 27–31%. [425] Public opinions of Hamas deteriorated after it took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Prior to the takeover, 62% of Palestinians had held a favorable view of the group, while a third had negative views.
International pressure for unimpeded aid to Gaza rose as the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled coastal territory said Israeli air strikes had killed more than 700 Palestinians overnight.