The Palestinian militant group Hamas has released the last surviving hostages it was holding in Gaza, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the terms of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that if Hamas keeps killing people in Gaza, “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” marking a sharp escalation of his rhetoric against the group as he tries to maintain a ceasefire in its conflict with Israel.

Prosecutors say cell phone location data places Lafayette, Louisiana, resident Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, at the scene of the attacks.

The man appeared in court on Friday morning, after federal prosecutors accused him of joining Gazan militants in attacking Israel and lying to obtain a U.S. visa.

The disturbing images are part of a long pattern of punishment meted out to suspected collaborators, according to an Israeli hostage negotiator.

Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming - positions that reflect the difficulties facing U.

NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani backtracked on the debate stage from a comment made the previous day in which he declined to call on Hamas to disarm.

The Israeli military said it had received coffins believed to contain the remains of two more deceased hostages.

At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.

The FBI has arrested a suspect in Louisiana, identified as Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi, who allegedly participated in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.