Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Threats on Tuesday that Gaza Strip And resume the fight against it Hamas If the militant group does not move forward with the next schedule of hostages on Saturday.
Hamas said on Monday – and reaffirmed it on Tuesday – which has been planned Delay the release of three more hostages After accusing Israel of failing to meet the terms of the ceasefire, including not allowing enough tents and other assistance in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump has called for Israel to release more hostages on Saturday, but it is not immediately clear that Netanyahu's threat cited the release of all the hostages in Gaza, Or just for release on Saturday. .
Earlier on Tuesday, an Israeli official said Netanyahu ordered the army to add more troops to and around the Gaza Strip. Officials also ordered the personnel that “if Hamas does not release our hostages this week, he also ordered the preparation of every scenario,” which conditions not to discuss the private meeting. Let's talk.
Israel had indicated Monday that it had planned to strengthen defense along the Gaza border. During a four -hour meeting between Netanyahu and his security cabinet, the All -Sinario project was announced, focusing on the threat of Hamas, which threatens to endanger the three -year -old ceasefire.
So far, Hamas has released 21 hostages in a series of exchange of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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President Donald Trump has said that Israel should cancel the entire war if Israel is not released by about 70 70 hostages until Saturday. Hamas eliminated its threat on Tuesday, and doubled the claim that Israel violated the ceasefire and warned that if all parties followed the ceasefire, they only issued the hostages. Will continue.
Trump is hosting King Abdullah II of Jordan in the White House on Tuesday when he refugees from Gaza to the Arab nation – perhaps permanently – increasing pressure as part of his brave plan to re -make the Middle East again Yes.
The Palestinians and the international community have considered Trump's recent comments that no Palestinians who potentially expelled from Gaza will have the right to return.
During the first six weeks of the ceasefire, Hamas pledged to liberate 33 hostages arrested in Israel on October 7, 2023, while Israel said it had about 2,000 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Will release The parties have made five exchanges from January 19.
The dispute could resume at the beginning of March if there was no agreement at the more complicated ceasefire, demanding the return of all the hostages and an indefinite extension of the war.
But if Israel resumes the conflict, it will face a very different battlefield. After forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to evacuate in southern Gaza in the early stages of the conflict, Israel allowed many of these homeless people to return to their homes, and through the ground troops. Offered a new challenge to the ability to move the ground troops. Area
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