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Health officials say Israeli airstrikes have hit two refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing scores of people

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Since the deadly attacks on October 7 that killed more than 1,400 people in southern Israel, Israeli authorities have been targeting Hamas leaders. The militant Islamist group, founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian intifada, has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of…

Ismail Haniyeh warns that hostages being held in Gaza face risk of ‘death and destruction’ from Israeli bombardment.

Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad at core of Iran’s foreign policy, resisting US in Middle East while avoiding all-out war

KOCHI: Former chief of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, virtually addressed a pro-Palestine rally held in Malappuram district of Kerala on Friday.

Israel's intensifying military campaign in Gaza is raising the specter of a broader regional war involving Iran-allied groups. Iran's foreign minister says its allies are ready to strike.

Hamas was founded in 1987 and has controlled Gaza Strip since 2006

Gaza-based Qassam Brigades has been waging an armed resistance against Israeli occupation since its founding in 1992.

Al-Jazeera says its chief correspondent in Gaza has lost three members of his family in an Israeli airstrike

The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of some 200 hostages held by Hamas militants after their unprecedented attack on Israel over two weeks ago