How powerful is Hamas?

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Published 2023-10-13
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: econ.st/3ts3qD3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All Comments (21)
  • @asemalshoura519
    The Real Question is "WHY HAMAS WAS FORMED?" and other question needed to be questioned is for how long has the occupation been doing this
  • @user-df1ek5rc1h
    So how powerful is Hamas? I don't see you answering this question you put up in the title. This video is more like "What is Hamas"
  • @Marshh.1
    You don't need to be a Muslim to stand up for Palestine, you need to be human . 🇵🇸
  • I enjoy The Economist because of its moderate language to describe its journalism. The people can choose what they want to replace those words with as per their belief. Great job The Economist.
  • @lastChang
    Why is the Chinese 🇨🇳 regime backing Hamas organization and committing Muslim Uyghur genocide at the same time?
  • @catsaretasty
    The economist,say nothing about hamas funding or money's 😂
  • @gkghkhbji2423
    Hamas doesnt use sulphur bombs and commit as much war crimes as IDF
  • @Bilselfurkan
    Like the name of the channel, its side is on the side of money
  • @user-gk8ms6oi5l
    Stop sharing one sided story as a media you hold the responsibility to tell the truth to the public and let people decide.
  • @Mezzogiorno84
    A video starting with a question, ends up by resuming what all of us already know
  • @odiagam5755
    They willing to die in exchange of heaven in their beliefs