Netanyahu threatens to resume Israel’s war on Gaza if captives not released

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The ceasefire has been called into question as Hamas claims Israel violated key provisions of the agreement.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to resume the war on Gaza unless Hamas releases the captives by Saturday.

The ceasefire has been called into question after Hamas officials said Israel violated key provisions of the agreement, prompting it to call off the release of three more captives on Saturday.

“If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the IDF [Israeli army] will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated,” Netanyahu said in a post on X.

Hamas says Israeli ceasefire violations reached the point that it would no longer hold up its end of the bargain – and will delay the release of an upcoming batch of Israeli captives indefinitely.

“The resistance leadership monitored the enemy’s violations and their non-compliance with the terms of the agreement … Meanwhile, the resistance fulfilled all its obligations,” Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing the Qassam Brigades, said on Monday.

Netanyahu, in his series of tweets on Tuesday, blamed Hamas for violating the ceasefire agreement and added that he ordered the Israeli army to “amass forces inside and around the Gaza Strip”.

So far, as part of the agreement, Hamas has released 21 captives in a series of exchanges for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

United States President Donald Trump has said Israel should cancel the entire ceasefire if all of the roughly 70 hostages are not freed by Saturday.

Trump is currently hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in Palestinians he plans to forcibly remove from Gaza as part of his audacious “take-over” plan.

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