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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.

All of these crimes happened amid international silence, and therefore the occupation escalated its terrorism and aggression until the Israeli occupation crimes became too aggravated.”Hamas Online, Telegram, October 9, 2023. ... Get the latest news on extremism and counter-extremism delivered ...

Hamas has confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City.

Hamas leaders have recently tempered their fiery rhetoric with more moderate-sounding statements about a ceasefire along the 1967 lines, but this is merely a tactical move designed to advance the group’s main goal—establishing an Islamist state “between the river and the sea.”

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The latest news and updates on Hamas. Hamas is an acronym for the group's official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement). It's a Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military organization that has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007.

The group has a military wing, known as the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas has used a wide range of tactics, but it does not discriminate in its targets, and often targets civilians. It is recognized by most Western states as a terrorist organization. Hamas has engaged in a number of military confrontations with Israel.

The latest news on the Palestinian militant group

1 week ago - The Hamas statement described Raed Saad as the commander of its military manufacturing unit. Israel had described him as an architect of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war in Gaza, and asserted that he had been “engaged in rebuilding ...

Benjamin Netanyahu expects to move to the second phase "very shortly", as a Hamas official suggests it is ready to consider "freezing or storing" its weapons.

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.

In a statement, Hamas added, “The movement has delivered its response to the brotherly mediators, which was characterised by a positive spirit."

October 3, 2025 - In its statement responding to ... to "release all Israeli prisoners, both living and dead, according to the exchange formula contained in President Donald Trump's proposal, provided the field conditions for the exchange are met"....

October 3, 2025 - In a statement, the group said it agreed "to release all Israeli prisoners, both living and dead, according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump's proposal" - if the proper conditions for the exchanges are met.

BREAKING: Hamas statement in response to Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza: We appreciate President Trump’s efforts to bring an end to the war We agree to release all the hostages in order to achieve a permanent ceasefire We are ready to enter immediately into negotiations to discuss the details We agree to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independent/unaffiliated figures

“Today, the enemy has had a political, military, intelligence, security and moral defeat inflicted upon it, and we shall crown it, with the grace of God, with a crushing defeat that will expel it from our lands, our holy city of al Quds, our al Aqsa mosque, and the release of our prisoners from the jails of the Zionist occupation,” he said. The following are excerpts from the manifestos and statements by Hamas leaders.

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.