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Hamas is a Sunni organization, a sort of home-grown version of the old Moslem Brotherhood movement that arose in the thirties of the last century, and is connected to remaining elements of this in Egypt in its initial formation. It is Arab Palestinian, and strongest in the Gaza Strip, though certainly present in the Jordan valley.
Hezbollah is a Shia organization arisen among those of that sect living in the southern portion of Lebanon. It does use some elements of the Moslem Brotherhood template in its organization as a "whole life" reform and militant body, but does not strictly speaking derive from it. Its relations with Arab Palestinians in Lebanon, oddly enough, are often pretty badly strained.
There is a presumption of hostility nowadays between Sunni and Shia elements, but they have been known to work together and co-exist without mich difficulty. Hezbollah, having had some success in opposing Israel in Lebanon, has certainly made overtures to Hamas, and there are allegations of exchanges between the two for training and tactics. It is not impossible there has been some co-ordination between them in the recent events, but it is not necessary that there have been for events to have followed the pattern that they have. People independently looking out for their own advantage from different points can sometimes seem to be acting in excellent co-ordination without ever having communicated.
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