This is a perfect recipe for civil war: weapons, frustration, chaos, and a movement desperate to reassert control over a shattered and exhausted population.”

A greatly weakened Hamas has sought to reassert itself in Gaza since a ceasefire took hold, killing dozens of people in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip and appearing to get a U.S. nod to temporarily police the shattered enclave.

Hamas is reasserting control of parts of Gaza not occupied by Israeli forces as the ceasefire takes hold – amid continuing uncertainty about security in the territory if the group is disarmed.

A t least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal confrontations since the end of major Israeli operations in the enclave.

Today: Israel announced that all 20 surviving hostages held by Hamas were now home. Hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners held by Israel were released in return. Context: The releases were part of the ceasefire deal Trump helped negotiate. The bodies of some of the dead hostages held by Hamas have been released as well.

According to Gazan reports, Aljafarawi — one of the most prominent pro-Hamas voices online in the Gaza Strip — was found shot in the head. Saleh Aljafarawi, a well-known social media influencer affiliated with Hamas known as "Mr.

Trita Parsi, vice president at Quincy Institute, and author of "Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the US," discusses the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.