IsraelandHamasOctober2023Conflict:FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)UpdatedOctober20,2023CongressionalResearchServicehttps://crsreports.congress.govR47754SUMMARYIsraelandHamasOctober2023Conflict:R47754FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)October20,2023JimZanotti,CoordinatorOnOctober7,2023,thePalestinianSunniIslamistgroupHamas(aU.S.-designatedSpecialistinMiddleforeignterroristorganization,orFTO)ledsurpriseattacksagainstIsraelfromtheGazaEasternAffairsStripbyland,sea,andair.TheassaultcameonaJewishholiday,50yearsaftertheEgypt-Syriasurpriseattackthatsparkedthe1973YomKippurWar.Theattacks’scopeJeremyM.Sharp,andlethalityagainstIsraelhavenoprecedentinthe16yearsHamashascontr...
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