{"slug": "hamas", "label": "Hamas", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38799", "qid": "Q38799", "description": "Palestinian Islamist political and military organization", "entries": 17, "years": 12, "span": [2004, 2025], "span_label": ["2004 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "gaza-strip", "label": "Gaza Strip", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "palestinian-people", "label": "Palestinian people", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hezbollah", "label": "Hezbollah", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "international-criminal-court", "label": "International Criminal Court", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tehran", "label": "Tehran", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#April", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin is killed by Israeli missile strikes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#March", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Hamas wins the 2006 Palestinian legislative election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#January", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Israel launches an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to rocketfire by Hamas into Israeli territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#June", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10–15 – Fatah-Hamas conflict: The Battle of Gaza is fought between Fatah and Hamas, and ends with Hamas gaining control of the Gaza Strip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#June", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Israel invades the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets being fired into Israeli territory by Hamas, and due to weapons being smuggled into the area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#December", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending its three-week war with Hamas. However, intermittent air strikes by both sides continue in the following weeks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#January", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange: Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner exchange, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#October", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14–21 – Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip, killing Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. In the following week 140 Palestinians and five Israelis are killed in an ensuing cycle of violence. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is announced by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the week-long escalation in hostilities in Southern Israel and the Gaza Strip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#November", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8–August 26 – Amid growing tensions between Israel and Hamas following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June and the revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager in July, Israel launches Operation Protective Edge against Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip starting with numerous missile strikes, followed by a ground offensive a week later. In seven weeks of fighting, 2,100 Palestinians and 71 Israelis are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#July", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis: Israel hits the Gaza Strip with airstrikes as Hamas increases rocket fire. This follows tensions over the possible eviction of several Palestinians due to a long-standing property dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#May", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Gaza war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and taking about 240 hostages, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces. Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#October", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – China brokers a unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to form a single government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#July", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated at his residence in Tehran, Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#July", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#May", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Gaza war: Israel and Hamas approve a ceasefire agreement that seeks to end the war, exchange Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and allow in international aid. It takes effect on January 19.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#January", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Gaza war: Hamas releases the last 20 living hostages in Gaza after they were kidnapped during the 2023 October 7 attacks. In exchange, Israel releases 250 Palestinian prisoners and more than 1,700 detainees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#October", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › October"}}]}