cease-fire

The incidents are adding to the stress on the cease-fire, which negotiators say was hammered out at a high level and left some details to be worked out on the fly.

A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding, Israel has pulled back its military forces and Hamas has released all the remaining living Israeli hostages.

Fresh off brokering the Gaza cease-fire, U.S. officials expressed optimism that the momentum of one peace agreement could pave the way for another.

This week, after the announcement of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Mr. Mamdani issued a statement equating the return of Israeli hostages with the release of Palestinian terrorists.

But once Israeli forces withdrew as part of a cease-fire deal that came into effect on Saturday, they flooded back in, Doghmosh said.