{"id":109424,"date":"2023-10-09T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/israel-gaza-conflict-what-is-hamas-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:00:30","slug":"israel-gaza-conflict-what-is-hamas-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/israel-gaza-conflict-what-is-hamas-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Gaza conflict: What is Hamas? &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VZ4ruk3KO48\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Israel-Gaza conflict: What is Hamas? - BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VZ4ruk3KO48\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist militant group which rules the Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n<p>Hamas is sworn to Israel&#8217;s destruction and has fought several wars with Israel since it took power in Gaza in 2007. <\/p>\n<p>In between those wars, it has fired or allowed other groups to fire thousands of rockets at Israel, and carried out other deadly attacks. <\/p>\n<p>Israel has also repeatedly attacked Hamas with air strikes, and, together with Egypt, has blockaded the Gaza Strip since 2007 in what it says is for its security.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas as a whole, or in some cases its military wing, is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, the European Union and the UK, as well as other powers. 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