Hamas hid tons of baby formula and nutritional shakes meant for kids inside a warehouse to allow Gazans to starve and further its claims of widespread famine to undermine Israel, a US-based Palestinian activist claimed.

A Hamas official says the group is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel.

In no small part, the outcome of any peace process will be shaped by what Palestinians themselves think. Immediately after the October 7, 2023, attacks, Palestinians rallied behind Hamas and broadly supported its armed resistance as a means to end Israeli occupation.

That is, until it moves beyond clan rule and militias to real institutions and accountability.

The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory's south.

We will give a fair chance to see whether we can get Hamas to disarm and Gaza de-militarization in the context of the plan. If not, we will have to do it ourselves.”

Officials said Israel helped arm and back Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, part of a strategy against Hamas, before a local clan killed him this week.

Reality for Israelis is that there is no public support to trust the current Palestinian leadership, whether in Ramallah, Gaza, or Doha. What is left of Hamas promises to spawn more October 7-style attacks until the Jewish state and the Jewish people’s destiny are obliterated.