What is Hamas? The Gaza militant group behind surprise attack on Israel | ABC News

Hamas de facto seized Gaza — also known as the Gaza Strip, one of the two major Palestinian territories — following election wins there in 2006 and a violent conflict with the competing Fatah political group in 2007. Since then, Fatah has continued to govern in the West Bank territory to the northeast. What is Hamas? The militant group behind surprise attack on Israel has ruled Gaza for years: https://trib.al/aLX9JxG SUBSCRIBE to ABC News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Latest updates: https://abcnews.go.com/ Watch FULL EPISODES on Hulu: http://abcn.ws/3bzvQQn #hamas #palestine #gaza #news #abcnews