as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
militants within the movement insisted that there could be no compromise on the issue
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Recent Examples of militants
Fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants continues inside southern Lebanon as Israel decides how to retaliate against Hezbollah ally Iran for its missile attack on Tuesday.
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
In January, 21 Israeli troops were killed in a single attack by Palestinian militants in central Gaza, the deadliest single attack on Israeli forces since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and the Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip, launched dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday night, another escalation in a tit-for-tat cycle that is pushing the Middle East closer to a regional war.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The Supernova music festival site where hundreds were killed and dozens were taken by Hamas militants.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Over the course of the war, Israeli forces have repeatedly returned to areas of Gaza as militants have regrouped.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire pounded southern Lebanese villages where people were ordered to evacuate, and Hezbollah militants responded by firing a barrage of rockets into Israel.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Another three Palestinians and alleged militants -- Osama Fatih al-Jawabra, Iyad Mohammed Hardan and Muhammad Ishteiwi Abayat -- were killed by explosions in phone booths in 2001 and 2002.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
George Petras, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
In January, 21 Israeli troops were killed in a single attack by Palestinian militants in central Gaza, the deadliest single attack on Israeli forces since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and the Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip, launched dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday night, another escalation in a tit-for-tat cycle that is pushing the Middle East closer to a regional war.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The Supernova music festival site where hundreds were killed and dozens were taken by Hamas militants.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Over the course of the war, Israeli forces have repeatedly returned to areas of Gaza as militants have regrouped.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire pounded southern Lebanese villages where people were ordered to evacuate, and Hezbollah militants responded by firing a barrage of rockets into Israel.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Another three Palestinians and alleged militants -- Osama Fatih al-Jawabra, Iyad Mohammed Hardan and Muhammad Ishteiwi Abayat -- were killed by explosions in phone booths in 2001 and 2002.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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