The Palestinian militant group Hamas has been devastated by two years of fighting in Gaza. But is the organization now using a ceasefire to regroup?

The Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank that researches Middle East policy, is investigating nearly a dozen US financing networks with alleged “ties to dangerous foreign Islamist regimes,” including charities associated with the Amin family, which is linked to the Iranian government.

The two-year Gaza war and economic restrictions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have triggered the worst collapse in the Palestinian economy on record, wiping out decades of growth, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

A second former Israeli hostage has reported alleged sexual abuse in Hamas detention. This comes as numerous Palestinians have also spoken out on the alleged sexual abuse at Israeli prisons. NBC News’ Hala Gorani reports on his account of abuse.

Israel Defense Forces released a video of one of the "largest and most complex" tunnels used by Hamas underneath the city of Rafah in Gaza.

A senior Hamas delegation met Egypt's intelligence chief in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the ceasefire agreement and the situation in Gaza, the group said, as both Israel and the Palestinian militant group continue to trade accusations of truce violations.

Israel's military on Saturday said it launched airstrikes against Hamas terrorists in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 14 people killed and another 45 wounded, including children.

Violence has repeatedly flared up in the weeks since a cease-fire was reached, killing hundreds of Palestinians and at least three Israeli soldiers.

Israel’s defence minister has frozen all appointments inside the military for the coming month and called for further investigations into the failures surrounding Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack, intensifying the domestic battle over blame for the worst security failure in the country’s history.