The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened on Tuesday with withdrawing from Alto El Fuego in the Gaza Strip and resume their fight against Hamas if the militant group does not continue with the next scheduled host launch on Saturday.
Hamas said Monday, and reiterated on Tuesday, that he planned to delay the release of three more hostages after accusing Israel of not complying with the terms of the high fire, even by not allowing enough stores and another help to Gaza.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has devoted to Israel to request the launch of even more hostages on Saturday, but it was not clear immediately if Netanyahu's threat referred to the release of all the remaining hostages in Gaza, or only the three scheduled for its launch on Saturday. .
Early Tuesday, an Israeli official said that Netanyahu ordered the army to add more troops inside and around the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu also ordered officials “to prepare for each scenario if Hamas does not release our hostages this Saturday,” according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a private meeting.
Israel had pointed out on Monday that he planned to reinforce the defenses along the border of Gaza. The All-Scenary plan was announced for a four-hour meeting between Netanyahu and its security cabinet that focused on the threat of Hamas, which runs the risk of endangering the high fire fire.
Until now, Hamas has published 21 hostages in a series of exchanges for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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President Donald Trump said that Israel should cancel the entire fire if all approximately 70 hostages are not released on Saturday. Hamas brushed his threat on Tuesday, doubling his statement that Israel has violated the high fire and warned that he would only continue to release hostages if all parties adhered to the high fire.
Trump will be the host of the king of Jordan Abdullah II in the White House on Tuesday when he intensifies the pressure on the Arab nation to go to Gaza's refugees, perhaps permanently, as part of his bold plan to rebuild the Middle East.
The Palestinians and the international community have left the recent comments of Trump that any potentially expelled Palestine would have no right to return.
During the first six -week phase of Alto El Fuego, Hamas promised to release 33 hostages captured in his October 7, 2023 attack against Israel, while Israel said he would free almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The parties have carried out five exchanges since January 19.
The conflict could be resumed at the beginning of March if an agreement on the second most complicated phase of Alto El Fuego is not reached, which requires the return of all the remaining hostages and an indefinite extension of the truce.
But if Israel resumes the conflict, will face a drastically different battlefield. After forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to evacuate southern Gaza in the early stages of the conflict, Israel allowed many of the displaced people to return to what remains of their homes, which raises a new challenge to their ability to move Terrestrial troops through the territory.
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