The US State Department said on Saturday that it had “credible information” that Hamas was planning an attack against civilians in Gaza, underlining that this would be advisable “violation of the agreed truce”.

“This planned attack on Palestinian civilians would be immediate and serious breach of the agreed truce, undermining the significant progress that has been made through the mediation efforts», states the announcement of the State Department.

“Should Hamas launch this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire.”is underlined in the announcement.

There is still no comment from Hamas.

It is noted that the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel is in progress. All living hostages have been released and the bodies are still being returned to Israel.

As part of the deal, Israel released 250 Palestinian prisoners in its prisons and 1,718 prisoners from Gaza.

Washington said it had already informed the other guarantors of the Gaza peace deal – including Egypt, Qatar and Turkey – and called on Hamas to abide by the terms of the ceasefire.

And US President Donald Trump had warned Hamas not to kill civilians. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not part of the deal, we will have no choice but to invade and kill them»he said in a post on Truth Social earlier this week.
Then, clarified that he would not send US troops to Gaza.

last week, released videos showing a public execution that Hamas gunmen did in Gaza. The executed men were described as “collaborators” of the Israelis.