Hamas is an acronym of the Arabic phrase حركة المقاومة الإسلامية or Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement". This acronym, HMS, was glossed in the 1988 Hamas Covenant [62] by the Arabic word ḥamās (حماس) which itself means "zeal", "strength", or "bravery". [63]

5 days ago · Hamas is a militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. The group won an electoral majority in the 2006 legislative elections, but the legislature was dissolved the following year with Hamas left in control of the Gaza Strip.

Jan 21, 2025 · For all the military might Israel deployed in Gaza, it failed to remove Hamas from power, one of its central war aims.

Oct 7, 2023 · 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.

Oct 17, 2024 · Hamas is an Islamist militant group that spun off from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in the late 1980s. It took over the Gaza Strip after defeating its rival political party ...

Jan 19, 2025 · Israel’s ultimate war goal is the complete destruction of Hamas. But Hamas appears unconcerned, suggesting that its cadres will play a role in rebuilding the devastated enclave.

Jan 28, 2025 · “Each time Israel completes its military operations and pulls back, Hamas militants regroup and re-emerge, because there’s nothing else to fill the void,” former Secretary of State Antony ...

Hamas is a Palestinian nationalist [1] and Islamic fundamentalist [2] socio-political organization based in the Gaza Strip with an associated paramilitary force, the al-Qassam Brigades. [3][4] Hamas (حماس) Ḥamās is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic ...

Hamas is a militant group in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank that was founded in 1987 at the beginning of the Palestinian intifada (uprising). It was organized by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and religious factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) under the spiritual leadership

Oct 10, 2023 · Hamas is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement, and a recognition of the group's roots and early ties to one of the Sunni world's most prominent groups, the Muslim Brotherhood ...