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Hamas and the Gaza Conflict

Comprehensive coverage of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, including hostage negotiations, military operations, and civilian protests in Gaza.

Hamas

Hamas – The Terrorist Organization Behind the October 7 Massacre

Hamas is a Palestinian terrorist organization that governs the Gaza Strip and operates with the explicit goal of destroying the State of Israel. Founded in 1987 as the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas has consistently rejected peace efforts, refused to recognize Israel’s right to exist, and pursued a strategy of violence, incitement, and terror.

Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, and many other democratic nations. Its founding charter calls for the annihilation of Israel and the killing of Jews worldwide. This is not a nationalist movement—it is a fanatical, Islamist death cult.

October 7, 2023: The Deadliest Terror Attack in Israeli History

On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists crossed the border into southern Israel and carried out the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Over 1,200 innocent civilians were murdered in cold blood—babies, women, elderly Holocaust survivors. Entire families were executed in their homes. Dozens were raped, mutilated, and burned alive. More than 240 people were taken hostage into Gaza, including children and elderly women.

This brutal attack exposed the true face of Hamas: an organization driven not by justice, but by genocidal hate.

Hamas Tactics: Human Shields, Child Soldiers, and War Crimes

Hamas routinely commits war crimes. It launches rockets from schools, mosques, and densely populated civilian areas, using the people of Gaza as human shields. It steals humanitarian aid, turns hospitals into military bases, and indoctrinates Palestinian children in hate-filled textbooks and summer camps.

Hamas leaders live in luxury in Qatar and Turkey, while ordinary Gazans suffer under their oppressive rule. Every time there is a war in Gaza, it is because Hamas chose to start it—firing rockets into Israel, kidnapping soldiers, or staging deadly infiltrations.

The Reality: Hamas Is the Greatest Threat to Peace for Israelis and Palestinians Alike

There can be no peace or freedom while Hamas remains in power. It suppresses dissent, crushes civil society, persecutes minorities, and sabotages any chance of Palestinian progress. It doesn’t seek coexistence—it seeks conquest.

Ending Hamas rule is not only an Israeli security necessity—it is a moral imperative for the entire free world.


Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, February 18, 2025.
Conflicting Claims

Did Hamas actually accelerate the hostage release?!

Hamas is so good at oiling the wheels of its propaganda machine that everyone believes whatever it says, no matter how bizarre and ridiculous it is.

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Zahava Shaul, mother of late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul mourn during her son funeral at the cemetery in Poria Illit on January 20, 2025.

Based on Emotional Awareness Research

Israel braces for tomorrow's agony: How to cope during our darkest hours

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Aner Shapira HY'D

New Details of Nova Festival Shelter Siege

Fallen IDF hero's father reveals : "My son Aner Shapira saved lives twice in the death shelter on October 7th" [GRAPHIC VIDEO]

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Yair Lapid

Rising Tensions

Netanyahu's inner circle implodes: Inside the bitter feud rocking Israel's hostage negotiations 

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Palestinians live among the rubble of their homes which were destroyed in the war between Israel and Hamas, in the city of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

Easier said than done

Race against time: The struggle to free Hamas' hostages

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View of the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, on November 28, 2024

Why has the IDF learned nothing from October 7?

IDF watches Hamas fighters conducting intense training exercises on the Gaza border – and does nothing

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Demonstrates protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024

Concerning

[GRAPHIC] Elite IDF soldiers indicted for violent assault at Sde Teiman facility

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Heavy equipment and caravans.

Gaza Reconstruction

Hamas: Heavy equipment allowed into Gaza is small and broken

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Minister Orit Strook.

Tensions Within The Coalition

Orit Strook: We can't limit our vision to the hostages

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Antisemetism in the heart of Brooklyn

Anti-Israel protesters target Jewish community in Borough Park

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Medical personnel with patient

Hostages on the Brink of Death

Doctors plea amid critical condition of hostages, "They might simply not wake up, time is running out"

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Former hostage 10 year old Emily Hand

No 10 year old should have gone through what she did

The traumatic truth: Former hostage Emily Hand reveals she struggles with nightmares and "can't think about the future"

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Omer Shem Tov

He is finally coming home 

Hostage Omer Shem Tov will be released this Shabbat

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Hamas terrorists.

The Other Side Of The Coin

OUTRAGEOUS: These are the prisoners Israel will be releasing

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Tal's child Yahel Shoham (3) after being released without him

"Why are other dads coming home and not ours?"

"When is dad coming home?" Heartbreaking questions Tal Shoham's children wrote about his captivity

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Hadar Goldin ob"m.

A Proper Jewish Burial

Israeli source: Hadar Goldin ob"m to be returned to Israel next week

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The 6 hostages due for release this Shabbat

List of the 6 hostages published

Revealed: These are the 6 Living Hostages due to be released on Shabbat

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Hostage Tal Shoham with his family before October 7

He is finally coming home to his children!

Hostage Tal Shoham to be released this Shabbat, family reveals

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Niva Wenkert, mother of Israeli hostage Omer Wenkert attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on September 16, 2024.

Thank G-d!

Hostage Omer Wenkert will go free on Shabbat

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Ziv Abud, the girlfriend of Eliya Cohen whose held hostage in the Gaza Strip attends a special committee for public inquiries at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2024.

Bring them all home!

Hostage Eliya Cohen's girlfriend Ziv confirms: Eliya is coming home on Shabbat!

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