US Claims It Has ‘Credible Reports’ Of Hamas Plan To Attack Palestinian Civilians In Gaza

Last Updated:October 19, 2025, 08:11 IST

The US State Department alleged that the Palestinian armed militant group Hamas is planning an “imminent” attack on Gazans.

Hamas fighters gather at Nuseirat camp in central Gaza during a hostage handover. The US State Dept says it has reports that the group plans to attack civilians in the blockaded enclave. (IMAGE: AFP)

The US State Department on Saturday said that it has received “credible reports" that Palestinian armed group Hamas is planning an “imminent" attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

“This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement and undermine the significant progress achieved through mediation efforts," said the State Department in a statement released on its website and social media.

“Should Hamas proceed with this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire," US warned in its statement.

“The United States and the other guarantors remain resolute in our commitment to ensuring the safety of civilians, maintaining calm on the ground, and advancing peace and prosperity for the people of Gaza and the region as a whole".

The report and the ensuing warning came after Hamas released a video showing the street execution of eight blindfolded and kneeling suspects. The group called the group of “collaborators and outlaws". A report by news agency AFP said that the footage was from earlier this Monday.

Israeli soldiers who have withdrawn from Gaza over the past several days told news agency Haaretz that they saw from their observation posts that armed Hamas members are shooting at Palestinians who have tried to resist them or are suspected of assisting Israeli authorities.

The IDF soldiers have been instructed not to intervene.

“What’s happening in Gaza today is inconceivable. It’s beginning to look like a massacre there. There are dozens of dead there and hundreds of wounded from clans suspected of assistance to Israel," the soldier said.

US President Donald Trump, who helped broker the ceasefire, threatened Hamas over the killings of civilians.

“If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them," Trump had said in a post on his Truth Social network, without specifying who he meant by “we".

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