Key facts – This is the radical Palestinian group Hamas

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The radical Islamic Palestinian group Hamas launched the largest attack on Israel in years on Saturday with a surprise offensive: hundreds of rockets were fired into the country. Here are the most important facts about the organization.

  • The radical Islamic Palestinian group Hamas launched the largest attack on Israel in years on Saturday with a surprise offensive: hundreds of rockets were fired into the country. Here are the most important facts about the organization.
  • Hamas has set itself the goal of destroying Israel and is fighting to establish an Islamic state.
  • The word Hamas is an abbreviation for Islamic Resistance Movement, but also means ‘zeal’ in Arabic.
  • Western states classify Hamas as a terrorist group.
  • Hamas consists of several military groups, including the Qassam Brigades, which have carried out many attacks and suicide bombings against Israel in recent years. The organization also includes a political party and aid organizations.
  • The group maintains a broad network of schools and social institutions in the Gaza Strip, which gives it sympathy and support among the population.
  • Hamas was founded during the first Intifada (Palestinian uprising) in 1987. As a radical arm of the Palestinians, it rejects the Oslo peace treaty that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat concluded with Israel in 1993. After Arafat’s death, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signed a ceasefire in 2005, which Hamas largely honored.
  • The radical group won a landslide victory over Abbas’ Fatah movement in the 2006 parliamentary elections in Gaza. The West did not recognize the result and forced Hamas to form a national unity government with Fatah.

Source: Krone

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