What Hamas is and what it stands for | Explainer

Al Jazeera’s Michael Appel takes a look at what Hamas is and what it stands for.
Abdelhamid Siyam is Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies at Rutgers University. He joins us here in Doha to talk more about this.

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Al Jazeera correspondent Youmna El Sayed in Gaza City has been told to leave her home. She made this live broadcast from inside her building as explosions from Israeli air attacks were going off all around her.

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