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What is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza?

What is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza?

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Getty Images A number of armed Hamas militants arrive in an area before releasing Israeli hostage Agam Berger to a Red Cross team in Jabalia, Gaza on 30 January 2025, as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange. The fighters wear black sunglasses, black balaclavas, green headbands and keffiyeh scarves. Most of them carry guns and three are also waving Palestinian flags. — Hamas has run the Gaza Strip since 2007

Hamas is an armed Palestinian group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.

This triggered a massive…

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