![Palestinian fighters with Ezz-Al Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, rest on a sidewalk during a patrol in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 26, 2020. / AFP / SAID KHATIB](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/D4NPTE6FGHLWPNYOQSRSEX6LA4.jpg?smart=true&auth=08acd984568020853b7ed3d6cc51b906efe0e9a74a53af6cb7a43a3959b2143d&width=400&height=225)
Fighters with the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. AFP
Fighters with the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. AFP
How is Hamas funded? Taxes, aid and cryptocurrency
Taxes, cryptocurrency, donations and even money from Israel are thought to have kept militant group running