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News Articles: Hamas

A Thai worker labors in Israeli fields adjacent to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 12.

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  • Middle East

Thai farmhands in Israel face a grim choice: work in a war zone or go home to poverty

Some 30,000 Thais were working in Israel prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. More than 7,000 have left Israel since. More than 50 Thai citizens were killed or taken hostage in the attacks.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday in Miami.

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  • Elections

6 takeaways from the third Republican primary debate

At the GOP debate in Miami, five Republicans sparred over top issues include the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine, China, abortion and Social Security. Here's what you need to know.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Yair Golan rescued people stranded at the Nova festival when Hamas attacked.

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  • Middle East

This Israeli general saw the horror of the Hamas attack. Now, he's urging optimism

The morning of the Hamas attack on Israel, Yair Golan — a former member of Israel's parliament and a major general in the country's military reserves — leapt into action.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Megan Lim
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in front of the morgue in Deir al Balah on Monday.

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  • Middle East

The death toll in Gaza surpasses 10,000 as the conflict enters a second month

Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Lauren Migaki,
  • and 2 more

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

Satellites and social media offer hints about Israel's ground war strategy in Gaza

The Israeli military appears to have encircled Gaza City, but so far, it's made only limited forays into the densest urban areas.

November 03, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Daniel Wood
People walk along a street as a plume of smoke rises in the background during an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue.

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  • World

Freeing hostages, hosting Hamas: Qatar's influence in Israel-Gaza war, explained

Qatar, a U.S. ally, is the regional power best positioned to both influence Hamas and play a mediating role with Israel. Here's what to know.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
A Palestinian youth walks inside a tunnel used for military exercises during a Hamas-run camp in 2016. Hamas says it has built 300 miles of tunnels under Gaza.

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  • Middle East

The Hamas tunnels: a wildcard in the Gaza fighting

Israeli troops have far greater firepower. But elusive Hamas militants are hiding and will seek to ambush Israelis from tunnels that crisscross Gaza.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Palestinians conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment by the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on Wednesday.

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  • World

South American leaders are confronting Israel over its offensive in Gaza

Bolivia broke off relations with Israel, Chile and Colombia pulled their ambassadors out of Tel Aviv and Brazil has pleaded for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Demonstrators rally to demand a cease-fire against Palestinians in Gaza on Independence Avenue near the U.S. Capitol last month in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Young progressive Democrats are splitting from the party on Israel

The Democratic Party is confronting internal divisions over the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel after the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war exposed political differences.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

Hundreds of foreign nationals and critically injured people leave Gaza

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the besieged territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Anas Baba
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on Nov. 15, 2022.

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  • Law

Wray warns of increased terrorist threat, says U.S. is in a 'dangerous period'

Senior American officials say Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel has created a new dynamic with dangerous implications at home and abroad.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Telegram has removed popular Hamas-linked accounts from the messaging service after a pro-Israel advocacy organization sent letters to Apple and Google asking the tech companies to pressure Telegram to take down the channels.

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  • Technology

The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it's being restricted there

The popular messaging app became one of the only major social media platforms that permitted accounts with ties to Hamas.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Georgia State Capitol

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  • News

Relatives of hostages taken by Hamas visit the Georgia Capitol with the Israeli Consulate General

Relatives of people taken hostage by Hamas are asking Americans to call for their release.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
People walk through the ruins of Al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank that was hit last week by an Israeli airstrike.

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  • Middle East

In the West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli raids and strikes leave Palestinians wary

In Jenin, at least 11 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes and raids in just over a week, officials say. The heightened pace of violence has frightened residents.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Claire Harbage
A man stands amid the rubble of a building in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

Gaza residents break into U.N. warehouse for supplies as Israeli barrage continues

Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centers of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, grabbing flour and "basic survival items," the organization said on Sunday.

October 29, 2023
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By:
  • Robbie Griffiths and
  • Greg Myre
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