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The presence of the militants, who have killed three Israeli troops, is threatening to unravel the fragile cease-fire.

For a movement that built its legitimacy around what it called resistance, giving up its weapons is not just a tactical concession, it is an existential unraveling.

In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Senator Lindsey Graham says Gaza's rebuilding, regional normalization, and lasting peace hinge on Hamas disarmament.

"The enemy must know that the concept of surrender and handing oneself over does not exist in the dictionary of the Al-Qassam Brigades," the group said.

Amid the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza, the IDF says troops deployed to southern Gaza’s Khan Younis — on the eastern side of the Yellow Line, where the IDF is still in control following its partial withdrawal — have destroyed four Hamas tunnels.

The militants are refusing to disarm, and Israel has threatened to resume the war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Braslavski and Cohen spoke alongside family members of hostages whose remains are yet to be returned to Israel for burial. Former hostages Rom Braslavski and Nimrod Cohen spoke at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv,