Subject: Re: Hamas launches mass attacks on Israel
Hamas is a militant group.

Hamas is the governing body of Gaza.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/1...


Hamas has since been responsible for suicide attacks against Israeli civilians, and the kidnapping and killing of Israeli soldiers. The United States is among the countries that have deemed it a terrorist group. But Hamas is also the governing power in the Gaza Strip.
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A year after Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza, Hamas won Palestinian legislative elections, beating Fatah. In 2007, after factional fighting in Gaza, it ousted the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority and seized control of the Gaza Strip.

They're the elected government in the Gaza strip.