·        Hamas is the largest Palestinian militant Islamist group and one of the two major political parties in the region.

·        It currently governs over two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

·        The group was founded in the late 1980s, following the onset of the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

·        Hamas, as a whole, or in some instances its military wing, is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and other countries.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

·        It is a long-standing dispute between Israel and Palestine that commenced in the mid-twentieth century when Jews from various parts of the world were granted a homeland in present-day Israel by Britain.

·        It is one of the world’s lengthiest conflicts, with Israel occupying the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which the state of Palestine claims.

·        Several attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the peace process by various groups of countries and the United Nations.

·        Over time, countries in the surrounding region have normalized ties with Israel through the Abraham Accord, Oslo Accord, etc.

·        However, the deadlock still endures, and the global community persistently strives to achieve the two-state solution.