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|commanders = [[Ismail Haniyeh]] [[Khaled Mashal]] [[Yahya Sinwar]]

|agents = [[Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook]] [[Mohammed Deif]] [[Ahmed Jabari]] [[Imad Abbas]] [[Salah Shehade]] [[Adnan al-Ghoul]] [[Abdullah Barghouti]]

|skills =

|skills = Military skills Governing authority over the Gaza Strip

|goals = Become the sole governing power of Palestine (partially succeeded) Kill all Jews and destroy Israel

|crimes = [[War crimes]] Human rights violations [[Crimes against humanity]] [[Torture]] Kidnapping Oppression Extrajudicial [[murder]] [[Terrorism]] [[Anti-Semitism]]

|type of villains = Terrorists}}

{{Quote|Our plan for this stage is to liberate any inch of Palestinian land, and to establish a state on it. Our ultimate plan is to have Palestine in its entirety.|[[Mahmoud Al-Zahhar]] states the goal of Hamas, June 15, 2010}}

'''Hamas''' ~~is the~~ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Islam ~~Islamic~~] ~~or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism Islamist~~][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-islamist.2Fislamic-5 [5]] organization, with an associated military wing, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-6 [6]] located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories Palestinian territories].

'''Hamas''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [[Militant Islam]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-islamist.2Fislamic-5 [5]] organization, with an associated military wing, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-6 [6]] located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories Palestinian territories].

Hamas was founded in 1987 shortly after the outbreak of the [[First Intifada]] as an offshoot of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]. Co-founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik_Ahmed_Yassin Sheik Ahmed Yassin] stated in 1987, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Charter Hamas Charter] affirmed in 1988, that Hamas was founded to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic Islamic state] in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-18 [18]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-19 [19]] However, in July 2009, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Meshal Khaled Meshal], Hamas's political bureau chief, said the organization was willing to cooperate with "a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict which included a Palestinian state based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_borders 1967 borders]", provided that Palestinian refugees hold the right to return to Israel and that East Jerusalem be the new nation's capital.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-20 [20]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-21 [21]]

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In the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections Hamas won a decisive majority in the Palestinian Parliament,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-BBC-Hamas-who-7 [7]] defeating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization PLO]-affiliated Fatah party. Following the elections, the United States and the EU [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%932007_economic_sanctions_against_the_Palestinian_National_Authority halted financial assistance] to the Hamas-led administration.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-Newsweek1-25 [25]] In March 2007 a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinan_authority_national_unity_government national unity government], headed by Prime Minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniya Ismail Haniya] of Hamas was briefly formed, but this failed to restart international financial assistance.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]] Tensions over control of Palestinian security forces soon erupted into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Battle_of_Gaza 2007 Battle of Gaza],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]] after which Hamas retained control of Gaza while its officials were ousted from government positions in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank West Bank].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]] Israel and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] then imposed an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%93present_blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip economic blockade on Gaza], on the grounds that Fatah forces were no longer providing security there.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-iht.com-27 [27]]

In June 2008, as part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire Egyptian-brokered ceasefire], Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made some efforts to prevent attacks by other organizations.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-28 [28]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]][''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] After a four-month calm, the conflict escalated when Israel carried out a military action with the stated aim of preventing an abduction planned by Hamas, using a tunnel that had been dug under the border security fence,[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] and killed seven Hamas operatives. In retaliation, Hamas attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]][''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ynetnews.com-30 [30]] In late December 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict Israel attacked Gaza],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-31 [31]] withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-32 [32]] After the Gaza War, Hamas continued to govern the Gaza Strip and Israel maintained its economic blockade. On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation agreement that provides for "creation of a joint caretaker Palestinian government" prior to national elections scheduled for 2012.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-33 [33]] According to Israeli news reports quoting Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, as a condition of joining the PLO, Khaled Meshaal agreed to discontinue the "armed struggle" against Israel and accept Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders, alongside Israel

In June 2008, as part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire Egyptian-brokered ceasefire], Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made some efforts to prevent attacks by other organizations.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-28 [28]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]][''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] After a four-month calm, the conflict escalated when Israel carried out a military action with the stated aim of preventing an abduction planned by Hamas, using a tunnel that had been dug under the border security fence,[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] and killed seven Hamas operatives. In retaliation, Hamas attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]][''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ynetnews.com-30 [30]] In late December 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict Israel attacked Gaza],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-31 [31]] withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-32 [32]] After the Gaza War, Hamas continued to govern the Gaza Strip and Israel maintained its economic blockade. On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation agreement that provides for "creation of a joint caretaker Palestinian government" prior to national elections scheduled for 2012.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-33 [33]] According to Israeli news reports quoting Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, as a condition of joining the PLO, Khaled Meshaal agreed to discontinue the "armed struggle" against Israel and accept Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders, alongside Israel.

Hamas have known to occasionally collaborate with [[Hezbollah]] and have the support of both Turkey (particularly President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]) and Qatar, who have provided financial aid to the group in the past. They also reportedly have operational and financial ties with [[Al-Qaeda]].

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 |commanders = [[Ismail Haniyeh]]<br>[[Khaled Mashal]]<br>[[Yahya Sinwar]]
 |agents = [[Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook]]<br>[[Mohammed Deif]]<br>[[Ahmed Jabari]]<br>[[Imad Abbas]]<br>[[Salah Shehade]]<br>[[Adnan al-Ghoul]]<br>[[Abdullah Barghouti]]
-|skills =
+|skills = Military skills<br>Governing authority over the Gaza Strip
 |goals = Become the sole governing power of Palestine (partially succeeded)<br>Kill all Jews and destroy Israel
+|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Kidnapping<br>Oppression<br>Extrajudicial [[murder]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]
 |type of villains = Terrorists}}
 {{Quote|Our plan for this stage is to liberate any inch of Palestinian land, and to establish a state on it. Our ultimate plan is to have Palestine in its entirety.|[[Mahmoud Al-Zahhar]] states the goal of Hamas, June 15, 2010}}
-'''Hamas'''  is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Islamic] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism Islamist]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-islamist.2Fislamic_5-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-islamist.2Fislamic-5 [5]]</sup> organization, with an associated military wing, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades], <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup> located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories Palestinian territories].
+'''Hamas''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [[Militant Islam]]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-islamist.2Fislamic_5-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-islamist.2Fislamic-5 [5]]</sup> organization, with an associated military wing, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades], <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup> located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories Palestinian territories].
 Hamas was founded in 1987 shortly after the outbreak of the [[First Intifada]] as an offshoot of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]. Co-founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik_Ahmed_Yassin Sheik Ahmed Yassin] stated in 1987, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Charter Hamas Charter] affirmed in 1988, that Hamas was founded to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic Islamic state] in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-18 [18]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-19 [19]]</sup> However, in July 2009, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Meshal Khaled Meshal], Hamas's political bureau chief, said the organization was willing to cooperate with "a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict which included a Palestinian state based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_borders 1967 borders]", provided that Palestinian refugees hold the right to return to Israel and that East Jerusalem be the new nation's capital.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-20 [20]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-21 [21]]</sup>
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 In the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections Hamas won a decisive majority in the Palestinian Parliament,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-Hamas-who_7-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-BBC-Hamas-who-7 [7]]</sup> defeating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization PLO]-affiliated Fatah party. Following the elections, the United States and the EU [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%932007_economic_sanctions_against_the_Palestinian_National_Authority halted financial assistance] to the Hamas-led administration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Newsweek1_25-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-Newsweek1-25 [25]]</sup> In March 2007 a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinan_authority_national_unity_government national unity government], headed by Prime Minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniya Ismail Haniya] of Hamas was briefly formed, but this failed to restart international financial assistance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pact_26-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]]</sup> Tensions over control of Palestinian security forces soon erupted into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Battle_of_Gaza 2007 Battle of Gaza],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pact_26-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]]</sup> after which Hamas retained control of Gaza while its officials were ousted from government positions in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank West Bank].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pact_26-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]]</sup> Israel and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] then imposed an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%93present_blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip economic blockade on Gaza], on the grounds that Fatah forces were no longer providing security there.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-iht.com_27-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-iht.com-27 [27]]</sup>
-In June 2008, as part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire Egyptian-brokered ceasefire], Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made some efforts to prevent attacks by other organizations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-28 [28]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ITIC_29-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> After a four-month calm, the conflict escalated when Israel carried out a military action with the stated aim of preventing an abduction planned by Hamas, using a tunnel that had been dug under the border security fence,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> and killed seven Hamas operatives. In retaliation, Hamas attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ITIC_29-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ynetnews.com_30-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ynetnews.com-30 [30]]</sup> In late December 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict Israel attacked Gaza],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-31 [31]]</sup> withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-32 [32]]</sup> After the Gaza War, Hamas continued to govern the Gaza Strip and Israel maintained its economic blockade. On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation agreement that provides for "creation of a joint caretaker Palestinian government" prior to national elections scheduled for 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-33 [33]]</sup> According to Israeli news reports quoting Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, as a condition of joining the PLO, Khaled Meshaal agreed to discontinue the "armed struggle" against Israel and accept Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders, alongside Israel
+In June 2008, as part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire Egyptian-brokered ceasefire], Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made some efforts to prevent attacks by other organizations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-28 [28]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ITIC_29-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> After a four-month calm, the conflict escalated when Israel carried out a military action with the stated aim of preventing an abduction planned by Hamas, using a tunnel that had been dug under the border security fence,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> and killed seven Hamas operatives. In retaliation, Hamas attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ITIC_29-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ynetnews.com_30-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ynetnews.com-30 [30]]</sup> In late December 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict Israel attacked Gaza],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-31 [31]]</sup> withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-32 [32]]</sup> After the Gaza War, Hamas continued to govern the Gaza Strip and Israel maintained its economic blockade. On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation agreement that provides for "creation of a joint caretaker Palestinian government" prior to national elections scheduled for 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-33 [33]]</sup> According to Israeli news reports quoting Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, as a condition of joining the PLO, Khaled Meshaal agreed to discontinue the "armed struggle" against Israel and accept Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders, alongside Israel.
+Hamas have known to occasionally collaborate with [[Hezbollah]] and have the support of both Turkey (particularly President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]) and Qatar, who have provided financial aid to the group in the past. They also reportedly have operational and financial ties with [[Al-Qaeda]].
 [[Category:Organizations]]
 [[Category:Fanatics]]
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 [[Category:Middle Eastern Villains]]
+[[Category:Torturer]]
+[[Category:Incriminator]]