As the Gaza ceasefire holds, Hamas security forces have returned to the streets, clashed with armed groups and killed alleged gangsters in what the terrorist group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where Israeli troops have withdrawn.

The show of force could threaten the truce now that all the living hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attack have been released.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the war will not end until Hamas has been dismantled, and President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan calls for Hamas to disarm and hand power over to an internationally supervised body that has yet to be formed.

Hamas has not fully accepted those terms, saying more negotiations are needed. It says it is willing to hand over power to other Pale

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