Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community is trying to capture some of the Christmas spirit under a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

HAMAS is the largest and most capable militant group and largest political party in the Palestinian territories. HAMAS is committed to the armed resistance against Israel and to the creation of a Palestinian state. The most recent armed engagement between HAMAS and Israel began on 7 October ...

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been at war with the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, or FTO), which led an attack that day from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

October 2, 2025 - We reiterate our condemnation of the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October, 2023, whose tragic anniversary, we will commemorate next week. Hamas can have no place in the future of Palestine.

Hamas (or the Islamic Resistance Movement) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist military and sociopolitical movement, and a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Hamas's primary base of action and support is in the Gaza Strip, which ...

2 days ago - The Islamic Resistance Movement, ... al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades....

1 month ago - We, ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, call on the Government of Israel to abide by its obligations under international law and protect the Palestinian population of the occupied territories. The condemnation of violence by President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and other senior political and military figures must be translated into action.

1 day ago - All hostages, alive and dead, are to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. More aid is to enter Gaza, under UN auspices. Further talks are to take place on later stages (see next section). President Donald Trump said the “war is over” and Prime Minister Netanyahu said the agreement “marks the end of two years of war”. Hamas is expected to disarm under the agreement, though it has not agreed to do so and has been deploying members across non-IDF controlled parts of Gaza and attacking opponents.

1 week ago - Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.

November 22, 2025 - The first phase of the plan, which ... October, established the current ceasefire in Gaza and called for Hamas to release the remaining hostages that it was holding—20 living and 28 deceased—in exchange for the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees, a ...

October 15, 2025 - Following Palestinian legislative elections of 2006, the Quartet conditioned assistance to the PA on its commitment to nonviolence, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements. After an armed takeover of Gaza by Hamas in 2007, Israel imposed a blockade.

Hamas was founded—in the early days of the first Intifada uprising—amid growing Palestinian fury over the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The Hamas Covenant was largely crafted by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a quadriplegic and partially blind cleric who was the founder and spiritual leader of the militant militia in Gaza.

1 week ago - Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended. FTO designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective means ...

November 18, 2025 - The Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid, meanwhile, accused Netanyahu of having turned a “blind eye” to Hamas arming itself over the years, describing it as a “terrible strategic mistake, and it’s good that the Americans put an end to it”. He added: “The most rightwing government in the state’s history is officially abandoning annexation and defining principles for cooperation with the Palestinian Authority.”

October 14, 2025 - The UN still regards Gaza as Israeli-occupied territory because of the level of control Israel has. Hamas won Palestinian elections in 2006, and ejected its rivals from the territory after intense fighting the following year.

1 week ago - Some held positions in Hamas’s military and governmental arms while simultaneously working for nongovernmental organizations with stated aims to improve Palestinian lives.

4 days ago - Gaza has been split in two. Hamas is reconsolidating its control in the western half of the enclave that Israel withdrew from. East of the yellow line, in Israel-controlled territory, armed groups are trying to assert dominance.

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