国会研究服务处-以色列和哈马斯2023年10月冲突：常见问题（英）.pdf

Israel and Hamas October 2023 Conflict: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Updated October 20, 2023 Congressional Research Service R47754 SUMMARY R47754 Israel and Hamas October 2023 Conflict: October 20, 2023 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Jim Zanotti, Coordinator On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated Specialist in Middle foreign terrorist organization, or FTO) led surprise attacks against Israel from the Gaza Eastern Affairs Strip by land, sea, and air. The assault came on a Jewish holiday, 50 years after the Egypt-Syria surprise attack that sparked the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The attacks’ scope Jeremy M. Sharp, and lethality against Israel have no precedent in the 16 years Hamas has controlled Coordinator Gaza, and the nature of the violence stunned Israelis. The apparent intelligence and Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs operational failures in preventing the assault will be a subject of analysis for Israeli and U.S. officials. Iran reportedly provides material support to Hamas, and according to U.S. officials may be complicit in a bro