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There are fears that the fragile Gaza ceasefire could break after reports of Palestinians being killed After Donald Trump’s declaration of peace,
Palestinian Civil Defense said on Tuesday Seven people were killed by Israeli forces in two separate incidentsin eastern Gaza and east of Khan Yunis in the south.
Israel has also announced that it will keep the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed and restrict aid until Hamas returns the bodies of dead hostages. It told the United Nations it would halve the amount of aid it is providing to 300 aid trucks from Wednesday.
Four more dead hostages and detainees were handed over by Hamas late Tuesday evening, while 20 remain in Gaza. The bodies were transferred to the Red Cross which handed them over to the Israeli army.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said five Palestinians were killed after troops approached the eastern Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. israel time reports, The IDF said in a statement that several suspects were seen “crossing the yellow line and approaching IDF soldiers”, which it described as a “clear violation of the agreement”.
He said that after “several attempts to drive them away”, the suspects refused to comply and the soldiers opened fire. Hamas accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement.
Under the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces returned to where they were in August, before launching their latest offensive on Gaza City. With this decision, many badly affected Palestinian areas have come under Israeli control and Israel has warned residents not to try to return to their homes there.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military also confirmed that Daniel Peretz and Yossi Sharabi were two of the dead hostages returned on Monday, with Guy Illouz and Bipin Joshi named yesterday.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the loss of Yossi Sharabi would be “deeply felt” by his family, adding that his “thoughts are with them and all the hostage families”.
Sir Kiir said: “Hamas must now return the remaining dead hostages and respect the terms of the ceasefire.”
Reports of clashes in Gaza cast doubt on the fragile, US-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas as Trump abandoned the territory just hours after concluding a victory visit to Israel and Egypt.
Meanwhile, Hamas has publicly executed people accused of “collaborating” with Israel. In a video broadcast late Monday, Hamas fighters dragged seven people to a Gaza City intersection with their hands tied behind their backs, made them kneel and shot them in the back, while dozens of spectators stood in front of nearby shops and watched. A Hamas source confirmed the footage to Reuters.
Although the group has been significantly weakened by two years of Israeli bombardment and ground incursions, it has been gradually strengthening itself since the ceasefire took effect on Friday. Palestinian security sources say dozens have been killed in clashes between Hamas fighters and rival groups in recent days.
Under the terms of Trump’s plan to end the war, Hamas is expected to disarm and make way for a transitional government. Asked on Monday about reports that Hamas was regrouping, the US president said the terrorist group was “open about it” and “we’ve taken them for granted for some time”.
But changing tone on Tuesday, he said: “If they don’t disarm, we will disarm them. And it will happen quickly and probably violently. I talked to Hamas, and I said, you’re going to disarm, OK? Yes, sir, we’re going to disarm. That’s what they told me.”
One of the most pressing concerns for Gaza – the arrival of aid – was strained as three Israeli officials said on Tuesday that the key Rafah border crossing would remain closed until Wednesday, further reducing the flow of aid into the Palestinian territory.
The decision came after Hamas failed to hand over the remaining bodies of the hostages as planned on Monday. Hamas had previously indicated that it could take longer to recover the bodies of some dead hostages, as not all burial sites are known amid Gaza’s extensive debris.
Hamas released the last 20 surviving captives captured on October 7, 2023, but only four of the 28 dead hostages.
The Hostage Families Forum called the failure to return all the bodies a “gross violation of the agreement by Hamas.” Gal Hirsch, Israel’s top official coordinating the return of hostages and missing, told families in a note that pressure was being put on Hamas through international mediators to speed up the process.
Freed Israeli hostages remained under medical care Tuesday, and some families said it would be weeks before they could go home.
Dalia Kusnir-Horn, whose brother-in-law Etan Horn was released on Monday, said he had lost more than 40 percent of his body weight over the past few months with little food and water.
“They still have a long way to go,” he said Tuesday. The physical harm was only part of the trauma, he said. “He’s just learning – friends he knew were murdered and he had no idea how many people were kidnapped that day and what this country went through, and it’s overwhelming and difficult.”
In the West Bank and Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released, many were taken to hospitals.
The Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah said 14 people were released on Monday and all but two had been discharged.
Doctors who examined the men said their conditions showed they had been “severely beaten, which reflects the extent of the violence they endured,” said Imed al-Shami, a resident doctor at the hospital.
Kamal Abu Shanab, who was released after more than 18 years behind bars, said his shoulder was torn due to the beating. “I was not given even a pill for the pain for eight months,” he said.
Israel’s prison service said in a statement that it was unaware of such claims: “All prisoners are held in accordance with legal procedures, and their rights are upheld, including access to medical care and adequate living conditions.”