Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas, after the Islamist group invaded Israel in a surprise assault that killed at least 1,200 people. But what is Hamas?    Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, was founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising. It is backed by Shi’ite Iran and shares the Islamist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was established in Egypt in the 1920s.   It is part of a regional alliance comprising Iran, Syria and the Shi’ite Islamist group Hezbollah in Lebanon, which all broadly oppose U.S. policy in the Middle East and Israel.   🔗 Read the latest on the Israel-Hamas war at our link in bio.   #Reuters #video #videonews #topstories #topnews #Israel #Israelis #Hamas #Palestinians #Palestinianterritories #Palestinian #conflict #Gaza #IsraelHamas #IsraelHamaswar #IsraelHamasconflict