Hamas publicly executed at least seven men on Monday as the terror group moves to reassert control over the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire agreement with Israel.
The men, whom Hamas accused of working with Israeli forces, were bound, dragged in front of a crowd of people, and forced to their knees, according to a video that was verified by Reuters and the BBC. Hamas fighters then shot each man in the back of the head. The terror group said that the men were “criminals and collaborators with Israel,” the BBC reported.
Since the ceasefire and hostage deal with Israel, Hamas has been fighting rival groups in the Gaza Strip, seeking to reestablish dominance over Gazans. Dozens of people have been killed in skirmishes between Hamas and rival groups this week, Reuters reported.
Following the Trump-brokered deal, Israeli forces partially withdrew from the Gaza Strip, moving back to an agreed-upon line near the Israeli border. The hostage deal was only the first phase of Trump’s 20-point peace plan for the region, and it does not require Hamas to disarm — a vital piece of Trump’s broader goal.
On Monday, the terror group stood by its agreement to hand over the remaining 20 living hostages to Israel, but it failed to locate and hand over the remains of all the deceased hostages. Israel received the bodies of just four of the 28 hostages who died in Hamas captivity, leading to accusations that the terror group is already failing to abide by the terms set out in the ceasefire agreement. In return for the hostages, Israel agreed to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds of terrorists.
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Hamas also accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement after Israeli troops fired upon Palestinians on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces said that troops warned a group of people to turn back as they approached them in northern Gaza.
“After multiple attempts to distance them, the suspects refused to comply, prompting troops to open fire to remove the threat. Reports of terrorists infiltrating an IDF position are incorrect,” the IDF said. “The IDF urges Gaza residents to follow instructions and keep their distance from IDF troops.”
President Trump spoke at the Knesset and then traveled to Egypt to meet with Arab leaders and tout the peace efforts in the Middle East. During his speech at the Knesset, Trump said that the agreement marks the beginning of “the golden age of Israel and the golden age of the Middle East.”
“This is not only the end of a war — it is the end of an age of terror and death, and the beginning of the age of faith, and hope, and of God,” he added. “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”
While the Trump-brokered ceasefire successfully returned the remaining living hostages to Israel, the other parts of Trump’s proposed peace plan for the region remain unsettled.
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