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Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian groups international diplomacy as war has raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons were...

On December 14 of each year, the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas marks the anniversary of its founding. 

The violence has set off an exodus of foreign workers from Israel, with some 10,000 farmworkers estimated to have left since October 7, according to the Israeli government.

On the morning of October 7, Hamas fighters streamed into the quiet lanes of kibbutz Alumim, setting off on a rampage of killing and destruction. But most of their victims in the community weren’t Israeli, or even Jewish, they were Thai and Nepali farm workers, sleeping in a dormitory right in the militants’ path.

On the morning of October 7, Hamas fighters streamed into the quiet lanes of kibbutz Alumim, setting off on a rampage of killing and destruction. But most of their victims in the community weren’t Israeli, or even Jewish, they were Thai and Nepali farm workers, sleeping in a dormitory right in the militants’ path.

Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian groups international diplomacy as war has raged back in Gaza where his family home was... -November 23, 2023 at 11:14 am EST - MarketScreener

Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war has raged back in Gaza where his family home was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in November. Appointed to the militant group's top job in 2017, he has moved between Turkey and Qatar's capital Doha, escaping the travel restrictions of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to act as a negotiator in the latest ceasefire deal or talk to Ham...

United Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBjMbe24Vu0&t=88s Historical Timeline 1917 – 1947: British mandate Palestine was among former Ottoman territories placed under UK administration by the League of Nations in 1922. All of these territories eventually became fully independent States, except Palestine, where in addition to “the rendering of administrative assistance and advice” the British Mandate incorporated the “Balfour Declaration” of…

Here are some of the major milestones in Gaza’s history