An American official reveals: The Trump administration supports Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.

The last few hours have witnessed an escalation by the Israeli occupation within the Gaza Strip, with some airstrikes carried out in the area and claims of a breach of the ceasefire agreement, while a new American position has emerged affirming Washington's support for the Israeli military response.

A senior American official revealed to Axios that the administration of President Donald Trump stands behind the attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation in the sector, considering that the recent military action was a "direct response" to a security incident that the official said was carried out by a Hamas fighter inside an area under Israeli control on the outskirts of Gaza, before he was killed during the clash.

According to the official, Washington sees Israel operating within a "previously agreed-upon policy with international mediators," which is based on an immediate response to any breach affecting the ceasefire arrangements, noting that the American administration views what happened as a "defensive measure that falls within the framework of the deterrence principle" that Israel has defended during previous rounds of negotiations.

In contrast, Hamas rejected what it described as attempts by the Israeli occupation government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, to impose new realities on the ground that contradict what was agreed upon in the political track facilitated by the mediating parties.

The movement emphasized that repeated Israeli violations have not been limited to bombing civilian areas, but have also led to the martyrdom of a number of Palestinians in recent days, in addition to changing the lines of Israeli military deployment within the sector, in a manner it said is "completely contradictory" to the maps and provisions that were approved in the latest rounds of understandings.

The movement accused the Israeli occupation of following a "systematic approach" to breach the understandings, considering that this behavior aims to undermine any efforts aimed at consolidating the ceasefire or moving to a broader negotiation phase. Hamas also called on regional and international mediators to intervene immediately to stop the escalation, demanding pressure on Israel to adhere to what was agreed upon without delay.

In a direct message to Washington, the movement urged the American administration to fulfill its commitments regarding the agreement process and "to compel the occupation to stop its repeated breaches," emphasizing that Washington bears a political and moral responsibility to ensure the implementation of the provisions it sponsored.

On Sunday, a delegation from Hamas discussed with the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, Hassan Rashad, in Cairo, the developments of the ceasefire agreement and the general situation in the Gaza Strip, including the second phase of the agreement.

The Hamas delegation included the head of the leadership council, Muhammad Darwish, and council members Khaled Meshaal, Khalil Hayya, Nizar Awadallah, and Zahir Jabareen, in addition to political bureau member Ghazi Hamad.

Tel Aviv conditions the start of negotiations to launch the second phase of the agreement on receiving the remains of the remaining Israeli prisoners, while Hamas has confirmed on several occasions that this process takes time due to the massive destruction in Gaza.