Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the cease-fire started Hamas has shown it still holds power in the enclave.

The owner of the house, where Israeli forces purportedly killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar last year, says his apartment in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah has become a macabre tourist attraction for admirers of the militant leader.

Hamas has named 4 female Israeli soldiers it says will be freed as part of the second hostage-prisoner swap, as the Gaza ceasefire endures.

Hamas gunmen are guarding aid convoys in Gaza, and its police patrol city streets, sending a clear message: Hamas remains in charge.

For all the military might Israel deployed in Gaza, it failed to remove Hamas from power, one of its central war aims.

Rarely seen in the open while the war raged, masked and armed fighters spread out publicly through Gaza’s cities in a show of force on Sunday.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

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The return to the status quo was clearly evident Sunday when the terrorist group and its supporters brazenly paraded around Gaza City’s Saraya Square during the first day of the cease-fire,

The 200-page document, seen by Sky News, comes as hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are set to return to northern Gaza, despite there being limited infrastructure available to support them.

The bodies of 162 people have already been found in different parts of the enclave since Sunday’s ceasefire came into effect, Gaza’s Civil Defense Agency said.