Hamas government in the Gaza Strip
De facto government in the Gaza Strip
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| March 18 2025 | Essam al-Da'alis takes office in the Justice Ministry, concluding his term as Head of the Government Administrative Committee. |
| January 2025 | United States-brokered ceasefire went into effect, with Hamas retaining control over the Gaza Strip as IDF withdrew. |
| 2024 | Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas member, publicly acknowledged that the blockade significantly complicated Hamas's ability to import components for their weapons industry, forcing them to label machine tools and explosives as civilian goods or hide them within food shipments. |
| 2024 | Hamas temporary committee decides to rule through committee until leadership elections in March 2025. |
| October 16 2024 | Mohammed Sinwar takes over leadership of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, succeeding Yahya Sinwar. |
| March 12 2024 | A humanitarian aid convoy of six trucks was allowed through the 96th gate in the security fence near Kibbutz Be'eri as a 'pilot project', providing aid to northern Gaza under Israel Defense Forces (IDF) protection. |
| February 2024 | Israeli government presented its first official plan for future control of the Gaza Strip. |
| February 9 2024 | UNRWA director Philippe Lazzarini reported that Israel had blocked food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza. |
| January 2024 | Israeli authorities blocked 56% of humanitarian aid to northern Gaza, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. |
| January 18 2024 | IDF reported that Hamas began rebuilding its military armies in occupied parts of Northern Gaza, restoring fighting capabilities of battalions. |
| January 6 2024 | Israeli government declared that Hamas' rule in northern Gaza Strip was eliminated due to military advances. |
| November 2023 | Israeli forces began invasion of the Gaza Strip, weakening Hamas' complete control of the territory. |
| October 9 2023 | Jawad Abu Shamala appointed as Finance Minister by Hamas. |
| October 9 2023 | Israel imposed a 'total blockade' of the Gaza Strip following the beginning of the Israel–Hamas war and attacks by Hamas and Palestinian militants. |
| August 2023 | Continued protests in the Gaza Strip against Hamas, with thousands demonstrating against economic conditions, power outages, and government taxation. Hamas continued to suppress public displays of dissent by barring most demonstrations and targeting journalists. |
| July 2023 | Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip protested against chronic power outages, poor economic conditions, and Hamas's taxation of Qatari stipends for the poor. The protests were organized by a grassroots online movement called 'Alvirus Alsakher' (The mocking virus), representing a rare public display of discontent against the Hamas government. Hamas police attacked and detained journalists covering the protests, and at least one protester was killed. |
| 2022 | Human Rights Watch published a comprehensive report on the Gaza Strip, officially labeling it an 'open-air prison' and holding Israel primarily responsible, with Egypt also bearing partial blame for border movement restrictions. |
| June 14 2021 | Hamas announced Issam al-Da'alis as the new prime minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, succeeding Mohammed Awad who had resigned after two years. |
| June 13 2021 | Essam al-Da'alis takes office as Head of the Government Administrative Committee. |
| March 2021 | Khalil al-Hayya appointed as Deputy Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. |
| 2019 | Yahya al-Sarraj appointed as Local Government Minister by Hamas. |
| March 2019 | Unprecedented widespread protests erupted in Gaza due to severe living conditions, including a 70% youth unemployment rate. Hamas responded with harsh measures, beating, arresting, and raiding homes of activists, journalists, and human rights workers. |
| March 2019 | Economic protests erupted against Hamas in response to tax hikes caused by the Israeli-Egyptian blockade and Palestinian Authority financial pressure. Protesters used the slogan 'We want to live'. Hamas responded by arresting and beating protesters, including journalists and human rights employees, and raiding homes. |
| 2018 | Norwegian Refugee Council issued a report characterizing Gaza as the 'world's largest open-air prison', highlighting severe humanitarian challenges including lack of clean water, electricity, healthcare, and employment opportunities, and noting the widespread psychological trauma among Palestinian children. |
| 2018 | Lieberman, then serving as defense minister, proposed a similar maritime corridor plan to Cyprus during discussions of potential solutions for Gaza. |
| July 2018 | Israel further restricted the Gaza fishing space, limiting the area where Palestinian fishermen could operate. |
| 2017 | Hamas announced the dismantling of the Supreme Administrative Committee to promote reconciliation with the Palestinian Authority (PA). |
| April 28 2017 | Palestinian President Abbas approved early retirement of 35,000 military personnel in Gaza and cut financial aid to former Hamas prisoners. |
| March 2017 | Fatah-dominated government in the West Bank expressed concern about Hamas upgrading the Gaza administration into a 'shadow government'. |
| February 13 2017 | Yahya Sinwar succeeds Ismail Haniyeh as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. |
| October 19 2016 | Hamas declared the 2014 national unity government as expired, following its reshuffling by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in July 2015 without Hamas consent. |
| October 17 2016 | Hamas government appointments of multiple ministers across various portfolios, including Ibrahim Radwan as Deputy Minister for Public Works, Kamel Madi as Land Authority head, Ihab al-Ghusain as Transport Minister, Samir Mtayyar as Energy Authority head, Ihab al-Ghussein as Interior Ministry spokesperson, Bashir Abu al-Naja as Youth Minister, Fathi Ahmad Hammad as Information & Culture Minister, and Ibrahim Jaber as Tourism Minister. |
| October 17 2016 | Hamas established the Supreme Administrative Committee and began building progressive ministries in Gaza, reshuffling active ministries and repositioning 16 deputy ministers and director generals in government institutions. |
| October 17 2016 | Hamas announced a Cabinet reshuffle in the Gaza Strip, changing positions of 16 deputy ministers and directors general, and abolishing the Ministry of Planning. |
| 2015 | UN OCHA report confirmed ongoing economic restrictions leading to high unemployment, food insecurity, and significant impediments to reconstruction and basic services. |
| May 31 2015 | The Islamic State Group offshoot 'Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade' claimed responsibility for assassinating a high-ranking Hamas commander by detonating a bomb in his vehicle. |
| 2014 | Israel re-initiates naval blockade of the Gaza Strip after seizing an arms shipment, effectively disrupting Hamas's potential weapon trade with Iran and Hezbollah. |
| 2014 | Israel launched a temporary invasion of the Gaza Strip, resulting in over 800 Hamas members being killed by the IDF. |
| June 2 2014 | A unity government between Hamas and Fatah is sworn in, intended to exercise functions in Gaza and the West Bank and prepare for national elections. |
| April 29 2014 | Gaza's Ark, a vessel being converted to carry cargo to Europe, was sunk by an explosion after a telephone warning. The project organizers suspect Israeli forces were responsible. |
| March 12 2014 | Various terror groups in Gaza, including the Islamic Jihad Movement, conducted over 60 rocket attacks on southern Israel. |
| February 2014 | Hamas removed most of the anti-rocket force previously deployed to prevent cross-border attacks on Israel. |
| 2013 | United Nations warns that Gaza's main aquifer will have no potable water left by 2016 due to unsustainable water extraction practices. |
| June 2013 | Under pressure from Egypt, Hamas deployed a 600-strong force to prevent rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, leading to a dramatic decline in rocket attacks in the following months. |
| November 2012 | Foreign ministers from Tunisia (Rafik Abdessalem) and Turkey (Ahmet Davutoglu) visited Gaza. |
| November 16 2012 | Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil visited Gaza following the death of Ahmed Jabril, which led to a brief ceasefire offer by Israel. |
| September 2012 | Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas government in Gaza, announced a cabinet reshuffle, appointing seven new ministers including a new finance minister. Haniyeh explained the reshuffle was a 'normal procedure' after six years of ministerial work and to achieve specific goals for the current period. |
| August 2012 | UNRWA forecasted that Gaza's population growth would outpace economic infrastructure development, predicting significant challenges in water, electricity, and education by 2020. |
| July 2012 | Reports emerged that the Hamas Government was considering declaring the independence of the Gaza Strip with Egypt's potential assistance. |
| May 2012 | Egyptian-mediated negotiations planned joint elections between Fatah and Hamas governments by May 2012 as part of a reconciliation agreement. |
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