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Hamas Faces Last Stand in Gaza | Newsweek
Source: Newsweek | 14 February 2025
The fate of Hamas now hangs in the balance as Israel threatens to resume its war in the Gaza Strip with the full support of the United States and both nations begin drawing up postwar plans to exclude the group from power.
But even amid a conflict that has already brought historic upheaval to the Middle East, observers fiercely debate over whether the deep-rooted Islamist group that emerged four decades ago and came to dominate the Palestinian armed struggle can be decisively defeated. Most agree that a moment of truth is approaching.
