Hamas in a sentence

These civilian buildings, housing, schools, and other public installations became Hamas military headquarters, launch sites, and weapon depots populated by Hamas personnel who used civilians as Hamas shields.

By choosing him as the group’s chief Hamas “is sending a strong message to the occupation that Hamas continues its path of resistance”, a senior Hamas official told AFP.

Not coincidentally, support for Hamas is much in the West Bank—misgoverned by Hamas's archrivals, the secular nationalist Fatah, which rules the Palestinian Authority (PA)—than in Gaza, whose population is being by Hamas.

Sadly, many demonstrating in Israel today appear unaware that they are being used by Hamas; that they have walked into Hamas’s trap: to force out a leader, Netanyahu, who is finally succeeding in defeating Hamas.

Hamas has stated that the television station is "an independent media institution that often does not express the views of the Palestinian government headed by Ismail Haniyeh or of the Hamas movement," and that Hamas does not hold anti-semitic views.

After Hamas’ bloody massacre of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, the alleged president made his way to Israel and that he was sending $100 million to Gaza, which will almost certainly be seized by Hamas and go for more jihad attacks upon Israel.

Aside from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad the attack, the “moderate” Fatah in it, and the official Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who executed the attack.

Beijing and Moscow have also adopted a common front on the Israel-Hamas war, firmly at odds with the U.S. and many other Western governments: both have held back from directly criticizing Hamas after it attacked Israel.

Biden said in the same speech that the leaders of Hamas don’t represent the Palestinian people — which is a fact — the implication being that long-term substantial aid isn’t realistic in Gaza because Hamas probably hijack it.

Despite the majority negative view of Hamas uncovered by Jamal’s research, the report cautions that following the Hamas attack on Israel, perceptions may have changed.

Egypt suggested Hamas swap the women and children it holds for female Palestinian prisoners, but when Hamas did not embrace the proposal, the Egyptian government reportedly backed away.

Even as Hamas aligns its actions with Iran, its approaches could diverge, as they notably did during the Syrian civil war when Hamas the Sunni anti-Assad rebels.

Gaza’s largest city is the focus of Israel’s campaign to crush Hamas following its deadly Oct. 7 incursion — and the Israeli military says Hamas’ main command center is located in and under the Shifa Hospital complex.

Gaza’s largest city is the focus of Israel’s campaign to crush Hamas following its deadly October 7 incursion — and the Israeli military says Hamas’s main command centre is located in and under the Shifa Hospital complex.

Hamas and Gaza health officials deny militants operate in Shifa, and Palestinians and rights groups say Israel has recklessly endangered civilians as it seeks to eradicate Hamas.

Hamas’ surprise attack killed more than 1,300 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, and roughly 1,500 Hamas militants died during the fighting, the Israeli government said.

Hamas urged people to stay in their homes, and the Israeli military released photos it said showed a Hamas roadblock preventing traffic from moving south.

He reported that in northern Gaza, Hamas had set up a large screen to present a film of Hamas’s “greatest hits” last week to approximately 1,000 Gazans who turned out — so evidently there is sufficient electricity.

His comments about Palestinian casualties, amid Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza to destroy Hamas' operations in the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, stirred strong feelings.

In response, Israel vowed to destroy Hamas and began an air, sea and ground offensive that has killed more than 15,500 people, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Hamas government.