The Latest Breaking News from Hamas

Who are the Lions’ Den armed group in the occupied West Bank?

The newly-emerged group has claimed several attacks against Israelis and says it aims to unite Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2022

New Israeli Army Chief of Staff Is a ‘Settler’, Joined Commando Operations and Led Arafat ‘Siege’

The Israeli government on Sunday approved Major General Herzi Halevi as the Israeli army’s chief of staff, replacing Lt. Gen.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 24, 2022

Washington Denounces Syria-Hamas Reconciliation

The United States on Thursday warned against any normalization of ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and insisted his reconciliation with Hamas showed his “isolation.” “The Assad regime’s outreach to this terrorist organization only reinforces for us its isolation,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. “It harms the interests…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 22, 2022

Senior Hamas official released from Saudi Arabia, heads to Jordan

Mohammad al-Khodary was detained in 2019, along with dozens of others.

Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2022

Hamas leaders meet Assad in Damascus to 'turn the page'

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad met a delegation from Hamas on Wednesday, with the Sunni Palestinian Islamist faction saying the meeting could help "turn the page" after shunning Damascus for a decade.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Saudi Arabia frees senior Hamas official

Saudi authorities released a senior official of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas after over three years in detention, an official of the Islamist faction said.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Hamas Delegation to Visit Syria after Shunning Assad for Years

Hamas leaders will visit Syria on Wednesday, in a move by the Palestinian group to rebuild ties after shunning President Bashar al-Assad for years over his violent crackdown on protests. Normalizing ties with Assad's government could help restore Hamas's inclusion in a so-called "axis of resistance" against Israel, which also…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 18, 2022

Hamas delegation to visit Damascus on Wednesday

Leaders of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will visit Syria on Wednesday, its first high profile trip there since it departed Damascus more than 10 years ago.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

Why pro-Israel lobby group Aipac is backing election deniers and extremist Republicans

The group places support for Israel over all over considerations, endorsing extreme rightwing candidates in the midterm elections

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2022

Malaysian media says Israel’s Mossad behind kidnapped Palestinian

The New Straits Times reported that a Palestinian man was abducted in a ‘snatch-and-grab’ operation in Kuala Lumpur.

Al Jazeera · Oct 18, 2022