Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. Here's what you need to know about the militant group, what its mission is and why it attacked Israel now.
In between those wars, it has fired or allowed other groups to fire thousands of rockets at Israel, and carried out other deadly attacks. Israel has also repeatedly attacked Hamas with air strikes, and, together with Egypt, has blockaded the Gaza Strip since 2007, for what it says is its ...
Various media and NGOs have also provided evidence of Hamas firing their rockets or sheltering in densely populated areas - effectively using the inhabitants as human shields. However, Israel has also faced its own allegations of human rights abuses. Amnesty has accused I...
And while Israel has its formidable Iron Dome air defence system, Hamas has been able to overwhelm it with sheer numbers of rockets like it did in recent days. It uses different versions of the Iranian-made Fateh-110 surface-to-surface ballistic missiles which are road-mobile and can carry ...
Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group launched an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, Oct. 7, firing thousands of rockets as hundreds of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off guard on a major hol...
Israel, the U.S. and others labelHamas fighters as terrorists. Hamas' recent acts — indiscriminately firing thousands of rockets into Israel, targeting, killing and taking civilians as hostages – are acts of terrorism in warfare and qualify as war crimes. ...
Hezbollah rockets and drones have posed a constant threat to border regions since Oct. 8, when the Iranian-backed terror group began its cross-border attacks on Israel's northern communities and nearby military positions. Hezbollah began its operations the day after Hamas' Oct. 7...
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is set to begin on Sunday, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.
Almost daily since the Israel-Hamas war began,Hezbollah rocketshave struck Israeli positions, including military posts, in northern Israel. Israel has also hit targets in southern Lebanon, and tens of thousands of people from border communities in both countries have been evacuated. ...
The names are to be made public only after the hostages are returned and officially identified. In southern Israel, schools will begin only at 10 a.m. in anticipation that Hamas could launch rockets toward Israel just before the ceasefire begins. Israeli troops inside Gaza will be deployed ...