Gaza, the Gaza Strip, a stretch land, 25 miles long 6 miles wide, the Mediterranean Sea, borders Israel Egypt. is home 2.1 million Palestinians. is sealed .
Getty Images. Israel the Palestinian group Hamas been war early October. began Hamas gunmen launched unprecedented attack Israel Gaza - deadliest Israel .
Power the Gaza Strip the West Bank, so-called Palestinian territories, been divided three entities: governing body called Palestinian Authority, militant group Hamas .
Hamas held Shalit five years he exchanged more 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held Israel. Hamas sent paragliders flying Israel, Israeli military said.
Hamas founded Gaza 1987 Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, imam, his aide Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. was shortly the beginning the intifada - uprising Israel's .
Hamas' attack a staggering failure Israel's intelligence security forces. group vowed annihilate Israel has responsible many suicide bombings other deadly .
Hamas won local elections 2006 took sole control the territory 2007, a civil war rival Palestinian party Fatah, still nominally holds power the .
The same poll that than of Palestinians Gaza the West Bank vote Hamas's Haniyeh PA President Mahmoud Abbas a presidential election, just one-third .
Hamas, the hand, more localized demands: identifies "liberation all Palestine" what terms "the Zionist enemy" its core goal its 2017 Charter.
Hamas founded 1987 the start the Intifada, Palestinian uprising, a Palestinian offshoot Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Sunni Islamist social political movement.
see all. unprecedented surprise attack southern Israel Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group controls Gaza Strip, led an increasingly deadly conflict no .
