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How powerful is Hamas?

On October 7th Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack on Israel and slaughtered more than 1,300 people, mostly civilians. What is Hamas and how powerful is it?

00:00 - What is Hamas?
00:55 - Hamas’s control of Gaza
01:18 - Growth of Hamas military capacity
01:32 - The latest attack on Israel

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Hamas’s attack was the bloodiest in Israel’s history: https://econ.st/3ts3qD3

A short history of Gaza: https://econ.st/408EJYR

As war looms Israel calls for 1.1m people to evacuate northern Gaza: https://econ.st/3RZF1za

Israel faces the danger of fighting on a second front: https://econ.st/3twmikn

Will Israel’s agony and retribution end in chaos or stability?: https://econ.st/48RGPQI

Netanyahu wages war and fights for his own survival: https://econ.st/3Q0xDku

Hamas’s attack was an Israeli intelligence failure on multiple fronts: https://econ.st/3Q9Rgrp

Brutal urban warfare awaits Israel’s army in Gaza: https://econ.st/3tw0vJJ

Hamas’s carnage upends Joe Biden’s plans for the Middle East: https://econ.st/46HDHov

Israeli hostages now face a terrifying ordeal: https://econ.st/3RP81ta

The lessons from Hamas’s assault on Israel: https://econ.st/46zasEA

A Hamas leader refuses to admit his group planned to kill civilians: https://econ.st/45xJgoy

By Invitation: The crisis shows the failure of Israeli policy towards Palestinians, says Shlomo Brom: https://econ.st/3FhRzKl

By Invitation: The Palestinian cause has been damaged by factionalism, argues a former prime minister: https://econ.st/3ZQ1ArS

By Invitation: Nimrod Novik on the false premises and failure of vision that led to the Hamas attacks: https://econ.st/3LWaXAx

1843: People in Gaza hate the night. All they can see are explosions: https://econ.st/3PTkObo

1843: “It’s an Anne Frank situation”: an Israeli professor hides from Hamas: https://econ.st/3RO3Qh9

Watch: Israel and the Palestinians: a century of conflict: https://econ.st/3ZS68hf

Listen: With no electricity, limited internet and dwindling food supplies, what is life like in Gaza?: https://econ.st/3PRoaM9

Listen: An interview with a senior political leader of Hamas: https://econ.st/3rMPIua

Listen: Gaza is now under siege. What else is Israel planning?: https://econ.st/3Qf8aVN

Listen: Israel has suffered the biggest terror attack in its history. How will it respond?: https://econ.st/45jCVNj
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