Hamas recently established the Radea unit, whose name translates to "deterrence" and whose purpose it says is to "enforce order"

Trump said on Monday that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

Hamas’s Radaa (deterrence) force claims it arrested members of the "Popular Forces" militia, seizing weapons in southern Gaza.

GAZA -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced that it would hand over the bodies of two Israeli hostages on Tuesday night.

The hard-won ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared threatened on Sunday as Israel accused the Palestinian Islamist group of attacking its troops in the Gaza Strip, before launching fresh strikes in response.

Donald Trump has claimed US allies could send a "heavy force" into Gaza if Hamas "continues to act badly". It comes after his vice president landed in Israel, against a backdrop of the strained ceasefire in Gaza.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the past few days following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for cementing a long-term peace.

Israel on Sunday halted the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, with a security official citing Hamas's "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement. "The transfer of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has been halted until further notice,

This lack of clarity about timetables and mechanisms to transition from one phase to another makes things difficult.“The decision by [Jared] Kushner and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was to reach a ceasefire agreement first,