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Hamas is going back to using schools, hospitals and civilian infrastructures as hideouts during the cease-fire calm, the Palestinian Authority said — as President Trump warned Tuesday that the US’s Mideast allies are prepared to send in troops to “straighten” out the terrorists.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the past few days following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for cementing a long-term peace.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

The hard-won ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared threatened on Sunday as Israel accused the Palestinian Islamist group of attacking its troops in the Gaza Strip, before launching fresh strikes in response.

The US president appears to recognise that Hamas could, initially at least, play a role in stopping lawlessness in the war-torn enclave.

Israel on Sunday halted the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, with a security official citing Hamas's "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement. "The transfer of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has been halted until further notice,

The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers.

Support for a peace plan grows as negotiators work in Cairo to seal the deal, with Gazan militias backing Trump’s proposal amid fighting and calls for new local governance.

This lack of clarity about timetables and mechanisms to transition from one phase to another makes things difficult.“The decision by [Jared] Kushner and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was to reach a ceasefire agreement first,