Hamas

Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine.

Beltway Confidential

Trump must address Jordan’s West Bank concerns

Tom Rogan · May 20, 2020 7:15 pm

An explosion by Israeli airstrikes is seen in Gaza City early Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Israel's military says it struck Palestinian militants in Gaza and Syria after they fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel. The rockets on Sunday evening came hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence.

Israeli defense minister: 95% chance country will launch ‘large’ military campaign in Gaza

Zach Halaschak · February 25, 2020 10:54 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

Netanyahu warns of ‘big surprise’ if Hamas does not stop the violence

Zach Halaschak · February 18, 2020 4:32 pm

Israeli soldiers stand guard at the scene of an attack in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Israeli security forces on Thursday shot and killed two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded a 20-year-old woman shortly after she got off a bus at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said.

Israel foils Hamas attempt to ‘seduce’ soldiers in hacking effort

Zach Halaschak · February 17, 2020 4:45 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 5, 2020. Khamenei said Wednesday that Donald Trump's Mideast plan will not outlive the president.

Khamenei says peace plan ‘will die before Trump dies’ and vows to continue funding Palestinian terror groups

Zach Halaschak · February 5, 2020 9:55 pm

Hamas said it will accept new elections and a restored Palestinian unity government.

US charity accused of funding Palestinian terrorist organizations

Alana Goodman · November 19, 2019 7:00 am

A Palestinian woman walks through black smoke from burning tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza, and is leading the rallies, says protests will continue until a blockade, in place since it took over Gaza in 2007, is broken.

Beltway Confidential

What's behind the latest Israel-Gaza violence, and what will happen next

Tom Rogan · November 12, 2019 5:45 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan taps his heart as he waits to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.

National Security

Lawsuit by Hamas victims against Turkish bank aims to expose Ankara’s support for Palestinian terror

Russ Read · September 25, 2019 2:09 am

A Venezuelan volunteer places a bag of USAID humanitarian aid for storage at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge, near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019.

How to prevent USAID to terrorists

Cliff Smith · September 24, 2019 4:00 am

Palestinian senior Hamas official, Fathi Hammad, speaks to the Associated Press reporter during an interview in his house in town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016.

Senior Hamas official urges Palestinians worldwide to kill ‘every Jew on the globe’

John Gage · July 15, 2019 2:27 pm

Abdelhaleem Ashqar is surrounded by cameramen as he leaves federal court with his wife, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, in Chicago.

Palestinian activist who refused to testify against Hamas back in US after federal judge blocks deportation

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2019 3:53 pm

Heavily armed police officers stand guard outside Trump Tower, Thursday, May 16, 2019, in New York.

National Security

New Jersey man charged with discussing bombing Trump Tower

Caitlin Yilek · May 22, 2019 5:41 pm