Hamas has rejected an announcement from the USA State Division during which it cited “credible reviews” indicating the Palestinian group would imminently violate the ceasefire deal with Israel.
In an announcement on Sunday, Hamas mentioned the US allegations had been false and “absolutely align with the deceptive Israeli propaganda and supply cowl for the continuation of the occupation’s crimes and organised aggression in opposition to our folks”.
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The US State Division had claimed that Hamas is planning an assault in opposition to civilians in Gaza “in grave violation of the ceasefire” and known as on mediators to demand that the group uphold its obligations below the US-backed peace deal.
In an announcement late on Saturday, the State Division mentioned it had obtained “credible reviews indicating an imminent ceasefire violation by Hamas in opposition to the folks of Gaza”.
“Ought to Hamas proceed with this assault, measures shall be taken to guard the folks of Gaza and protect the integrity of the ceasefire,” it mentioned, with out giving particular particulars on the deliberate assault.
The US has knowledgeable the guarantor nations of the Gaza peace settlement of credible reviews indicating an imminent ceasefire violation by Hamas in opposition to the folks of Gaza.
This deliberate assault in opposition to Palestinian civilians would represent a direct and grave violation…
— Division of State (@StateDept) October 18, 2025
Hamas known as on the US to “cease repeating the [Israeli] occupation’s deceptive narrative and to deal with curbing its repeated violations of the ceasefire settlement”.
“The details on the bottom reveal the precise reverse, because the occupation authorities are those who shaped, armed, and funded felony gangs that carried out killings, kidnappings, theft of assist vehicles, and assaults in opposition to Palestinian civilians. They’ve brazenly admitted their crimes by means of media and video clips, confirming the occupation’s involvement in spreading chaos and disrupting safety,” it mentioned.
Hamas mentioned its police forces in Gaza, “with broad fashionable and group help, are fulfilling their nationwide responsibility in pursuing these gangs and holding them accountable in line with clear authorized mechanisms, to guard residents and protect private and non-private property”.
‘Try and stoke civil battle’
Palestine scholar and Center East analyst Mouin Rabbani described the US State Division warning as mind-boggling.
“I feel that is actually an try to stoke civil battle inside the Gaza Strip … to attain what to date Israel has failed to attain,” Rabbani mentioned.
The Dutch-Palestinian analyst identified that Israel has already tried to “wreak havoc” in Gaza by becoming a member of forces with “armed gangs and collaborator militias” who act as Israeli proxies within the war-torn enclave.
“To counsel that that is in any method the USA coming to the defence of these whose genocide it has unconditionally supported for 2 whole years simply boggles the thoughts and defies the creativeness,” Rabbani mentioned.
Hamas and Israel have been buying and selling blame over violations of the US-mediated ceasefire because it got here into drive final week, threatening the success of the week-old deal.
Gershon Baskin, an American-Israeli analyst, advised Al Jazeera that all through the historical past of agreements between Palestinians and Israelis, all of them have been “breached” a method or one other.
“If the Individuals are critical that they need this to work, they must be engaged each single day and several other occasions a day” to verify the steps agreed on are carried out on the bottom, he mentioned.
The Gaza Authorities Media Workplace mentioned on Saturday that it had counted virtually 50 Israeli violations of the peace deal, leading to 38 Palestinian deaths and 143 accidents for the reason that ceasefire took maintain.
It known as Israel’s actions “flagrant and clear violations of the ceasefire choice and the foundations of worldwide humanitarian regulation”.
Based on the workplace, Israeli forces in Gaza fired straight at and bombed civilians, assaults that mirrored Israel’s “continued aggressive method regardless of the declaration of a ceasefire”.
Israel has additionally been accused of failing to adjust to the ceasefire deal by persevering with to dam efforts to reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
The opening of Rafah has been known as for with a view to improve the circulate of humanitarian assist into the Strip and to permit Palestinians to journey overseas.
Amid rising frustration with Israel’s refusal to open the Rafah crossing, Rawhi Fattouh, the president of the Palestinian Nationwide Council – the Palestine Liberation Group’s legislative physique – urged the worldwide group on Saturday to deploy worldwide forces in Gaza to guard Palestinians and make sure the ceasefire deal is applied.
