You can always rely on a snake to be a snake. In this case, a venomous snake.
We've seen in the last few days how Hamas didn't even let the ink dry on the international peace deal that was supposed to bring peace to Gaza, and provide a respite for Israel and Gaza alike. Within hours, the terrorist group started vicious reprisals and executions.
Now, one international group, the Center for Peace Communications, is claiming that Hamas has executed, among others, a pregnant woman and a 5-year-old child.
According to the report, Hamas claimed the child was a spy.
Joseph Braude, president of the Center for Peace Communications, said Hamas is using the post-war lull to settle old scores. "It’s a dark time for Hamas’s many opponents in Gaza," he told Fox News Digital. "They’re exploiting this moment to reassert dominance through brute force. They killed a pregnant woman about 18 hours ago. It is indiscriminate killing designed simply to sow fear in ordinary people"
His organization released a video on X featuring an interview with a Gazan who described how Hamas killed a 5-year-old child as part of its campaign against opponents.
"Yesterday Hamas executed a 5-year-old child claiming he was a 'spy.' When will the world ACT -- and pressure Hamas to comply with Trump's ceasefire plan?"
— Center for Peace Communications (@PeaceComCenter) October 17, 2025
A brave Gazan civilian bears witness to Hamas atrocities.
WATCH: pic.twitter.com/EXZzzvv1nW
We should note that these killings have not yet been independently confirmed by Israel or American sources.
The Center for Peace Communications' president also had this to say:
Braude described Gaza’s reality as bifurcated. Reconstruction, he explained, could begin in the areas behind the yellow line — territory now under Israeli supervision — while fighting continues elsewhere. "This is the scenario envisioned in the 20-point plan," he said. "Gazans opposed to Hamas, including those who have taken up arms in that struggle, can help form enclaves of self-rule that evolve into a transitional authority with international support."
He predicted that a coalition of anti-Hamas militias, supported by air cover from Israel and possibly private contractors, will carry out the remaining ground battles. "There is no conceptual return to the pre-Oct. 7 approach," he added.
This sounds much more like a recipe for unending civil strife within the parts of Gaza not controlled by Israel. As for the reprisals already underway, including the two horrible examples described - one wonders how a 5-year-old could possibly be a spy - Hamas's past actions, most notably on October 7th, 2023, argue against giving them much benefit of the doubt.
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This doesn't sound like peace. This sounds like the prelude to a civil war in Gaza, a war fought by increasingly vicious militias, in the streets, no doubt spilling over into the Israel-controlled areas, and thereby drawing the Israel Defense Forces back into the fray. If Hamas isn't quelled quickly, if these militias cannot be stood down, a month from now, things may very well be worse than pre-peace deal. It remains as I've been writing and saying all along: There will be no peace in Gaza until Hamas is no longer a factor.
Meanwhile, the American "Free Palestine" shouters have been strangely quiet.
You can view the Center for Peace Communications website here.
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