HAMAS formed in late 1987 at the beginning of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising). Its roots are in the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and it is supported by a robust sociopolitical structure inside the Palestinian territories. The group’s charter calls for establishing ...

2 days ago - The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades.

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This Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS), clarifies its picture, reveals its identity, outlines its stand, explains its aims, speaks about its hopes, and calls for its support, adoption and joining its ranks. Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious.

1 week ago - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on October 8, 2025 that Israel and Hamas signed the first phase of an agreement to end the war in Gaza based on the 20-point plan released in late September, pledging the release of all hostages, a partial Israeli troop withdrawal, and the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian security prisoners.

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In 1988, the group published the HAMAS charter, defining itself as a chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood and stating its primary objective was to annihilate Israel and replace it with a Palestinian Islamic state. HAMAS claims its goal is to liberate Palestinians and views Israel as an occupying ...

October 14, 2025 - Hamas is an armed Palestinian group and political movement in the Gaza Strip.

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.

January 13, 2025 - The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas was established during the start of the First Intifada in December 1987. It was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and other members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine, who eventually turned Hamas into an ...

2 days ago - Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that Hamas is “absolutely not” ready to disarm, raising concern that the U.S.

2 days ago - Hamas must be given a deadline for relinquishing its weapons, after which Israel will have a green light to return to combat operations across the Gaza Strip, US Senator Lindsey Graham told The Times of Israel on Sunday.

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 weeks ago - Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist group based in the Gaza Strip. It has a political wing and an armed wing. Hamas is recognized as a terrorist organization by the German government, the EU, the US and some Arab states.

2 weeks ago - Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal addresses an Istanbul conference, December 6, 2025.

14 hours ago - The good news is that the intense fighting is over and humanitarian relief is steadily entering the strip. Since the cease-fire began on October 10, Israel has released almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, and Hamas has returned all living hostages as well as most of the bodies of those killed, in keeping with the Trump administration’s 20-point peace plan.

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 ...

2 days ago - The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation ...