Joe Truzman, a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of its Long War Journal, stated that he is unaware of a planned Hamas attack.
“The American warning is likely related to Hamas’s crackdown on the Palestinian population since the ceasefire went into effect,” he wrote. “I suspect that this is the U.S. telling Hamas to put a leash on the Islamist group’s notorious Arrow Unit and Radaa Force which have been executing and beating Palestinians for alleged crimes.
“If not, the IDF will begin bombing these Hamas affiliates as it did in the war,” he said.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday echoed warnings from the U.S. administration that Hamas is terrorizing Palestinian civilians as it seeks to regain control in Gaza. In a post on X that included a video showing a brutal public beating, the ministry described the scenes as “difficult viewing” and reiterated that the recently brokered ceasefire must be fully upheld.
The statement added that Hamas “must go” and that Gaza should be demilitarised.
