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{{for|their military wing, often also referred to as just "Hamas" in Israeli sources|Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades}}

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Palestine

| name_nativename = Haraka Hamas

| native_name = حماسحَرَكَةُ حَمَاسَ

| logo = <!-- Flag of Hamas.svg -->

| colorcode = {{party color|Hamas}}

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| leader3_title = [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Prime Minister]]

| leader3_name = [[Ismail Haniyeh]]<ref name="Conflict">{{cite news|title=Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas)|publisher=Transnational and non state armed groups. Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Harvard University|year=2008|accessdate=February 7, 2009|url=http://www.armed-groups.org/6/section.aspx/ViewGroup?id=57|archive-date=May 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510084345/http://www.armed-groups.org/6/section.aspx/ViewGroup?id=57|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| leader4_title = Foreign Minister

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* {{flag|United States}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vox.com/world-politics/23916266/us-israel-support-ally-gaza-war-aid | title=How the US became Israel's closest ally | date=October 13, 2023 }}</ref>

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* {{flagicon imageflag|Fatah}} [[Fatah]] ([[Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process|reconciliation ongoing]])

* {{flag|ISIS}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/15/578172703/what-effect-isis-declaration-of-war-against-hamas-could-have-in-the-middle-east|title=What Effect ISIS' Declaration Of War Against Hamas Could Have In The Middle East|publisher=NPR}}</ref><ref name="Hamas arrests Salafi…">{{cite web |last1=AFP |title=Hamas arrests Salafi sheikh over alleged Islamic State ties - Radical cleric Adnan Khader Mayat detained on Sunday by Gaza security forces |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-arrests-salafi-sheikh-over-alleged-islamic-state-ties/ |website=Times of Israel |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>

* [[File:Flag of Jihad.svg|30px]] [[al-Qaeda]] {{efn| However, al-Qaeda endorsed the 7 October 2023 attacks. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Jason|date=2023-10-22|title=Al-Qaida and IS call on followers to strike Israeli, US and Jewish targets|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/22/al-qaida-and-is-call-on-followers-to-strike-israeli-us-and-jewish-targets|access-date=2024-01-23|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> }}

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'''Hamas''' ({{Lang-ar|حَمَاسُ|translit=Ḥamās}}), an [[acronym]] of its official name, '''Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya''' ({{lang-ar|حَرَكَةُ حركةالْمُقَاوَمَةِ المقاومة الاسلاميةالِاسْلَامِيَّةِ}}, <small>[[Literal translation|lit.]] </small>"Islamic Resistance Movement"), is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Sunni Islam]]ist political and military movement in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].

Hamas was started in [[1987]] by [[Ahmed Yassin]] and [[Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi]] after the beginning of the [[First Intifada|First Uprising]] against Israeli violence and occupation. It started as the [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] branch of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] organization in [[Egypt]]. In the [[2006 Palestinian legislative election|2006 legislative election]], the party received 74 out of 132 seats in parliament by campaigning on clean government without corruption, combined with affirmation of Palestinians’ right to defend against the violent Israeli occupation and administrates [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]. The party has supported the reestablishment of the Land of Palestine in all historic land, which includes the [[West Bank]], [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], and the State of Israel. Hamas (along with 38 other countries) does not recognize the State of Israel.<ref name="cfr" /> The 2017 Hamas Charter stated that the party's struggle was with Zionists and [[Israeli terrorists]]. In 2018, the [[United Nations]] voted to reject an American claim to condemn Hamas. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told the Reuters news agency, "Rejecting the American drafted resolution against the resistance represents a blow to the American administration and reaffirms the legitimacy of the resistance."

== Name ==

''Hamas'' is an [[acronym]] of the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] phrase {{lang-ar|حركةحَرَكَةُ المقاومةالْمُقَاوَمَةِ الاسلاميةالِاسْلَامِيَّةِ}}, or '''Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya''' or "Islamic Resistance Movement". The Hebrew meaning of the name Hamas (חמס; as used in the Hebrew Bible) is "violence".

== Violence ==

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