{UAH} Are all Gazans Hamas members?

In April 2008, some Israeli reports estimated the number of the Hamas forces in Gaza to be up to 20,000 armed men, nearly half of them from in Hamas' military arm, Izz-Eddin Al-Kassam group; such claims were refuted by Sami Abou-Zuhri, the spokesman of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Besides the estimates of the Hamas armed members, the number of civilian sympathizers is way far from estimation. It is important to mention that Hamas is originally a social/political movement and not a militia; along with several branches and arms, Hamas has its military wing Izz-Eddin Al-Kassam.

In 2004, 300,000 Palestinians marched in the funeral of Abdel-Aziz Al-Rantisi — who was Hamas' leader in Gaza.

According to a 2014 survey by the Pew Global Attitude Project, 35 percent of Palestinians living in Gaza hold favorable view of Hamas. Hence, it would be fallacious to say that all Palestinians in Gaza are Hamas members, or include those sympathizing with the resistance movement in the members' count. Out of the 1.5 million Palestinian in Gaza, very minute percentage are actual members in Hamas.

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