Some Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has for two years waged a brutal and systematic war against Hamas, are returning home and beginning to reckon with the destruction caused by the conflict.

The Israel Defense Forces posted on X yesterday that the coffins of four Israeli hostages had entered Israel. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement called for the “immediate suspension” of the peace deal until every deceased hostage is returned, adding that it’s demanding that all 28 bodies be returned.

The tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is holding after the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

While President Donald Trump has declared the Israel-Hamas war over, some Middle East experts say the process to end the two-year conflict is just beginning.

Hamas on Monday said it has recalled 7,000 members of its security forces to “cleanse Gaza of outlaws and collaborators,” including militiamen armed by Israel — sparking fears of a bloody civil war inside the war-torn enclave.

Harrowing footage is surfacing on social media capturing masked gunman carrying out executions of accused collaborators.

The Israeli military said its troops had opened fire to "remove the threat" of people approaching them across the "yellow line" where forces had retreated to under Trump's deal.