Also part of the agreement, Israel freed 250 Palestinian prisoners in its jails and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.<\/p>\n
Washington said it had already informed other guarantors of the Gaza peace agreement – which include Egypt, Qatar and Turkey – and demanded Hamas uphold its end of the ceasefire terms. <\/p>\n
“Should Hamas proceed with this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire,” the statement said, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hamas has not yet commented on the statement.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump has previously warned Hamas against the killing of civilians. <\/p>\n “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social earlier this week.<\/p>\n He later clarified that he would not be sending US troops into Gaza.<\/p>\n Last week, BBC Verify authenticated graphic videos that showed a public execution carried out by Hamas gunmen in Gaza.<\/p>\n The videos showed several men with guns line up eight people, whose arms were tied behind their backs, before killing them in a crowded square.<\/p>\n BBC Verify could not confirm the identity of the masked gunmen, though some appeared to be wearing the green headbands associated with Hamas.<\/p>\n On Saturday, Israel said it had received two more bodies from Gaza<\/a> that Hamas said are hostages, though they have yet to be formally identified.<\/p>\n So far, the remains of 10 out of 28 deceased hostages had been returned to Israel.<\/p>\n