Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Islamist fundamentalist socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas () "Ḥamās" is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية "Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah", meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement".