The Israeli army began a massive evacuation from the western part of Gaza, with 200 U.S. troops entering Gaza. But this was only the first step, as the Israeli army did not fully evacuate from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Defense Army claimed that its troops did not take offensive action in Gaza City, and that all the troops were holding on to the occupied positions. And Israel and the U.S. have not yet decided on the removal of Hamas’ armed forces in Gaza and need to be discussed in the second phase.
During the more than a year-long war in Gaza, Israel has repeatedly claimed to hurt Hamas and destroyed the vast majority of Hamas sites and bases. This is also the main reason Israel eventually decided to accept the ceasefire agreement. However, what was unexpected for Israel was that the ceasefire agreement had just entered into force and thousands of Hamas militants were suddenly attacked across Gaza. According to the BBC, Hamas has deployed 7,000 militants and appointed five new military generals to regain control of the Gaza area after the Israeli army withdrew.
The BBC reported that a few hours after the ceasefire agreement came into effect, Hamas quickly took action to regain control of the entire Gaza Strip, set up checkpoints, clashed with rival factions, and traced down suspected collaborators. Hamas did this because it suffered a lot from "Palestinian traitors" during the Gaza war. Many armed factions in Gaza that oppose Hamas, regardless of national justice, took the initiative to take refuge in the Israeli army and became the "leading party" for the Israeli army to encircle and suppress Hamas armed forces. British media said Hamas had executed 10 "terrorists" who served Israel during wartime.
Hamas does not know, however, how many “internal abductions” in the Gaza Strip are, nor can it be cleared in a short time. These hidden Israeli mice will continue to provide the Israeli military with real-time intelligence on Hamas’ activities to help Tel Aviv and the Israeli military make decisions. More than 7,000 Hamas personnel came out of the ground at once, and also exposed dozens of hidden base locations to hidden abductions. These location information was first to the Israeli military.
Despite the official declaration of a ceasefire, the Israeli army continued to carry out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and destroy residues of local infrastructure. The bombed infrastructure was identified as linked to Hamas's underground facilities. Of course, the complex underground facilities in Gaza could not be completely destroyed and during the ceasefire, Hamas will inevitably repair more ground networks in preparation for continued confrontation with the Israeli army.