Hamas

While Israel is determined to destroy Hamas, terrorist groups are known to survive the loss of their leaders and members.

• Rajneesh Singh
• December 01, 2023
• Issue Brief

The complexity of the challenge in the Israel–Hamas conflict should not deter from the need to uphold humanitarian law and minimise the suffering of civilians by both the protagonists.

• D. Padma Kumar Pillay
• November 28, 2023
• Issue Brief

Hamas and its affiliates, along with other hacktivist groups, have conducted numerous cyber operations against Israeli targets.

• Rohit Kumar Sharma
• November 17, 2023
• IDSA Comments

Southeast Asian nations’ responses to the ongoing violent conflict between Israel and Hamas are influenced by historical, domestic, demographic and strategic factors.

• Om Prakash Das
• November 08, 2023
• IDSA Comments

The Israel-Hamas clash diminishes prospects for the revival of the peace process and strengthens Hamas’ position as the preeminent Palestinian faction.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• May 25, 2021
• IDSA Comments

Since the revolution that toppled Mubarak, Sinai has become a no man’s land where jihadists from Egypt and Gaza as well as local Bedouins have begun to engage in militant activities.

• Agarwal, Rajeev
• November 30, 2012
• Issue Brief

Both sides appear to have wisely avoided a gruelling battle of attrition by opting for a tactical truce - not seemingly on account of a preference for peace but because of a pragmatic recognition of the futility of further conflict.

• Abhijit Singh
• November 26, 2012
• IDSA Comments

As the new government headed by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu takes charge in Jerusalem, it seems that there are no easy solutions to what Israel perceives to be its central strategic question – how to effectively stop the Iranian nuclear quest. Israel’s leaders across the political spectrum have long maintained that a nuclear capable Iran, coupled with the rhetoric against Israel emanating from Tehran and its help to groups like the Hezbollah and the Hamas, constitutes an existential threat.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• April 08, 2009
• IDSA Comments

A fundamental principle of humanitarian law, non-combatant immunity, has been virtually consigned to history during the Bush years. To a large extent this can be considered a ‘success’ for terrorists. That terrorists do not respect the principle of non-combatant immunity is central to the definition of terrorism. The aim of terrorists is substantially achieved when states also adopt their language and grammar. This has been done to an extent by the US in its militarily aggressive response to 9/11 in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Ali Ahmed
• January 30, 2009
• IDSA Comments

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• September 2007
• Strategic Analysis