Hamas Executes Gazans in Streets After Ceasefire Deal With Israel

Just days after President Trump secured a historic ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, terror has returned to the streets of Gaza this time at the hands of Hamas itself.

On Monday, the Iran-backed terror group publicly executed at least seven men accused of collaborating with Israeli forces. The executions were brutal and unmistakable the men were bound, dragged into public, forced to their knees, and shot in the back of the head by Hamas operatives, according to video footage verified by both Reuters and the BBC.

This chilling display of violence comes as Hamas seeks to reassert control over the Gaza Strip following the partial Israeli troop withdrawal under Trump’s brokered peace agreement. In recent days, the group has also been engaged in deadly clashes with rival factions, leaving dozens more dead as Hamas fights not for peace but power.

“Criminals and collaborators with Israel,” Hamas claimed. But the message was unmistakable: submission or death.

Following the first phase of Trump’s 20-point Middle East peace initiative, Israeli forces withdrew to a designated line near the Israeli border after the release of 20 living hostages by Hamas. In return, Israel agreed to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds of known terrorists.

While the release of hostages was a major victory for Israeli families and for President Trump’s efforts, Hamas has already begun violating the spirit if not the letter of the deal:

• Of the 28 Israeli hostages known to have died in captivity, only four bodies were returned to Israeli authorities.

• Hamas failed to account for the remaining bodies, sparking outrage and accusations of deception.

• Meanwhile, the group accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire after IDF troops fired on Palestinians near a military post though the IDF clarified the group had ignored warnings and posed a threat.

“Reports of terrorists infiltrating an IDF position are incorrect,” the Israel Defense Forces said. “Troops acted to neutralize a potential threat after multiple warnings were ignored.”

Despite Hamas’s bloodshed and chaos, President Trump stood firm in his vision. In a powerful address to the Israeli Knesset, Trump declared the beginning of a new era:

“This is not only the end of a war it is the end of an age of terror and death, and the beginning of the age of faith, and hope, and of God,” Trump said. “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”

He then traveled to Egypt to meet with Arab leaders and continue rallying support for the remaining phases of his peace plan, which aims to secure regional stability, disarm terrorist factions, and rebuild Gaza with international oversight.

But Monday’s executions offer a harsh reminder of what kind of enemy still occupies Gaza. While the mainstream press and foreign policy elites pretend Hamas can be negotiated with, its actions continue to prove otherwise. Peace is not their goal domination is. And anyone who stands in the way even fellow Palestinians will be eliminated.

This is what President Trump inherited from decades of failed Middle East policy. And it’s why his no-nonsense, deal-focused approach has already achieved more than years of diplomatic theater from weak-willed bureaucrats.

But the road ahead will be tough. Disarming Hamas is essential to long-term stability and to fulfilling the promise of what Trump has called “the golden age of Israel and the Middle East.”

If this peace is going to hold, America and the world must remain clear-eyed about the enemy. The blood of Gazans in the streets was not shed by Israel. It was spilled by the very group claiming to be their “liberators.”

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