A few dozen Hamas fighters, trapped underground, could doom the Gaza ceasefire

Israeli soldiers fix an armored personnel carrier near the border with the Gaza Strip on October 29, 2025, in southern Israel. | Amir Levy/Getty Images On Monday, the UN Security Council approved a US-drafted plan that calls for an international security force and that at least keeps the door open for eventual Palestinian statehood. But for the future of the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the most important events may be happening not in New York, but below the streets of Rafah. Gaza is hardly peaceful. Some 268 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceas