Hamas is weakened but still influential and is unlikely to disarm. How powerful is Hamas and what other violent non-state actors pose a threat to the ceasefire?

A t least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal confrontations since the end of major Israeli operations in the enclave.

Israel Defense Forces Res. Brigadier General Danny Van Buren told the Post the eradication of the Hamas tunnels “is a major part of demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.”

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

Hours after Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza City in the opening stage of a US-brokered ceasefire, tens of thousands of Palestinians trudged back to sift through bombed out buildings overseen by Hamas security operatives.

Rebuilding is maybe going to be the easiest part,” Trump said at a forum for world leaders in Egypt, adding that “we know how to build better than anybody in the world.”

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has left large swathes of the Strip in ruins, including parts of Gaza City which was the focus of Israel’s offensive before the ceasefire.

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked ‘militia’ fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Hamas fighters battled rival Palestinian groups and beat suspected Israeli collaborators within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire that ended the two-year conflict in Gaza. The militant group set up checkpoints across the strip and engaged in gun battles with rivals who had received weapons from the Israeli military,

Palestinians returning to Gaza City over the weekend to see what is left of their homes are grappling with the scale of destruction. (AP Video/Abdel Kareem Hana)