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Also Known As Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah • Ḥamās • Islamic Resistance Movement
Date 1987 - present
Areas Of Involvement Islam • nationalism • intifada • Islamic fundamentalism
Related People Yahya Sinwar • Khaled Meshaal • Ismail Haniyeh

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