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Gaza war 'has not erased Hamas' - now, it is rebuilding its political and regional clout

Under new leader Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas is strengthening ties with Turkey, Iran, Egypt, and Qatar while seeking to reassert its political influence inside Gaza

Newly elected Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya. Premium
(FILE PHOTO) A Palestinian man inspects the site of Wednesday's Israeli strike on a house whose residents were pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, in Gaza City, July 30, 2026.

IDF targets Hamas commanders in Gaza, Palestinian sources say nine killed in strikes

A woman walks past a mural depicting football player Lamine Yamal waving a Palestinian flag during the Catalans' title parade, painted by Palestinian artists on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City on May 13, 2026.

Hamas dissolution of Gaza government is a trick to keep weapons, expert warns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.

Netanyahu criticizes Gantz and Eisenkot over wartime decisions, Lebanon deal


Israeli lawyer sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for smuggling for Hamas

Arab citizen smuggled letters and contraband between the group's leaders in Gaza and security prisoners

PALESTINIANS WALK near the Israel-Gaza border inside Gaza, where Hamas still holds Israeli citizens.

Hamas Interior Ministry arrests Gazans for ‘spreading rumors’

Crack down comes against “people who circulate rumors and fake news on social media.”

A Hamas supporter shouts anti-Israel slogans in front of the family house of Palestinian senior Hamas militant Mazen Fuqaha in the West Bank town of Tubas, near Jenin, March 25, 2017.

Hamas blames Abbas for Gaza power plant shutdown

Diesel fuel tax cripples electricity supply.

A demonstrator in Gaza City holds a Palestinian flag during a rally calling on rivals Hamas and Fatah to end their political division

Here and there: Amalek – yesterday and today

As we sit around the Seder table, whether in Israel or the Diaspora, let us remember what Amalek did to us.

Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Bashiti, who served 12 years in an Israeli jail after he was convicted of being a member of Hamas’s armed wing, gestures as he holds a weapon in a pickup truck with Hamas militants upon his release, in the southern Gaza Strip, last year

Hamas hails 'heroic' ramming attack that killed Israeli in West Bank

Palestinian media names suspected assailant.

A Palestinian from the Islamic group Hamas carries the holy book the Koran tucked into a belt of simulated explosives

Hamas-appointed AG: Collaborators will be executed in the coming days

Jaber added the execution sentences are final and unappealable.

The son of senior Hamas militant Mazen Fuqaha sits on the shoulders of Hamas Gaza Chief Yehya Al-Sinwar during a memorial service for Fuqaha, in Gaza City March 27, 2017

Hamas forces arrest collaborators, report says

Hamas has dealt harshly with those it accused of collaboration in the past, executing many of them.

Hamas operatives prepare to execute alleged collaborators in the Gaza Strip

IDF arrests top Hamas official in the West Bank

The arrest comes against the background of heightened tensions between Hamas and Israel.

IDF confiscates weapons in West Bank

Mashaal: We are in open war with Israel

“We don’t care if there is an imbalance of power; our will is more powerful than their force. Our will and beliefs are more powerful than their weapons."

Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal.

Hundreds participate in symbolic funeral for senior Hamas militant

Fuqaha's father Mohammad said he blamed Israel for his son's death.

A Hamas supporter shouts anti-Israel slogans in front of the family house of Palestinian senior Hamas militant Mazen Fuqaha in the West Bank town of Tubas, near Jenin, March 25, 2017.