In accordance with the ceasefire agreement, Hamas transferred the prisoners and hostages held for two years to Israel, and the remains of the hostages who died during the detention were also transferred to Israel. At the same time, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) also withdrew from Gaza in accordance with the agreement. Then thousands of Hamas armed personnel suddenly emerged from underground facilities, filling the vacuum left after the Israeli withdrawal, and quickly controlled the Gaza area. Middle Eastern media said that after the ceasefire agreement came into force, Hamas suddenly appeared in the middle of the night.
Reports said that more than 7000 Hamas militants quickly took control of the Gaza Strip, and Hamas appointed five military commanders to restore control of Gaza. This scene was unexpected by the Israeli military. According to their previous assessment, after more than 700 days of uninterrupted strikes, Hamas's military system and personnel were basically eliminated. This evaluation result was also the main reason why Israel finally agreed to the ceasefire in Gaza. It now seems that IDF underestimated Hamas's combat effectiveness and viability.
However, what surprised the Israeli military more than this was the emergence of Hamas’ most sophisticated “shadow force”, which is considered to be Hamas’s most combatable and most mysterious special force, which has previously participated in Hamas’s hostage exchange with Israel. Middle Eastern media also noticed this important detail and analyzed that the re-emergence of Hamas’s “shadow force” force sends a strong signal to Israel and the outside world – despite two years of war and destruction, Hamas’s military command and structural strength remain intact.
The details that upset the Israeli military even more were that at one of the locations where Israeli prisoners of war were handed over in Gaza, Hamas "shadow force" soldiers were on guard at the scene, holding seized Israeli IWI Tavor X95 unarmed rifles and other light weapons. Middle East media said that this Palestinian Hamas 'most confidential military branch, whose members are well trained in military and intelligence operations, has long been responsible for guarding Israeli prisoners. Although the Israeli army has been searching for them in Gaza for two years, it has remained hidden.
In addition, Hamas dispatched its "shadow troops" and had another important task, which was to crack down on the "Ba traitor" militants abandoned by Israel. These pro-Israel armed forces aided and oppressed local people in Gaza during the Gaza War, and served as the guide for the Israeli army to attack Gaza, causing serious casualties to the Hamas armed forces. Now it's time for reckoning, Reuters reported: After the Gaza ceasefire, Hamas militants announced that they had killed 32 "gang" members in Gaza City. U.S. President Trump agreed that Hamas has the right to "launch limited internal security measures."