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From: "Chapter 8; Foreign Terrorist Organizations," Country Reports on Terrorism 2005, US Department of State, April 30, 2006. HAMAS a.k.a. Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya; Islamic Resistance Movement; Izz al-Din al Qassam Battalions; Izz al-Din al Qassam Brigades; Izz al-Din al Qassam Forces; Izz al-Din al-Qassim Battalions; Izz al-Din al-Qassim Brigades; Izz al-Din al-Qassim Forces; Students of Ayyash; Students of the Engineer; Yahya Ayyash Units Description HAMAS was formed in late 1987 as an outgrowth of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Various HAMAS elements have used both violent and political means, including terrorism, to pursue the goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel. HAMAS maintains a political wing that manages the group's overall policy and a highly compartmentalized military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, that conducts terrorist activities. Activities HAMAS terrorists have conducted many a...

IPT News November 16, 2012 Fighting between Palestinian terrorists in Gaza and Israeli troops all but guarantees civilian casualties. With the fighting comes heart-wrenching photos of the dead and wounded, along with their grieving loved ones. Each death represents a human tragedy. But sometimes, reality is not enough. Some Palestinians have been caught faking images or appropriating them from other conflicts. This form of propaganda has been dubbed "Pallywood," and the nascent conflict already has several examples. Tablet Magazine's Adam Chandler exposed one , a terrible image of a grieving father holding his dead child as mournful doctors look on helplessly. Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigade, sent the picture out on Twitter. It's a dead child all right, but it took place in Syria, not Gaza, and had nothing to do with this week's violence. It's powerful to see the wounded being rushed into ambulances, and in the crucial battle f...