Netanyahu Said Israel Will End The Gaza Ceasefire If Hamas Does Not Release The Hostages On Feb. 15
This comes after Hamas said it will not release the next batch of Israeli hostages until further notice, due to Israel’s repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will end the ceasefire in Gaza if Hamas does not release the hostages on Saturday, Feb. 15, by 12 pm.
This comes after Hamas said on Monday, Feb. 10, it will not release the next batch of Israeli hostages on Saturday, Feb. 15, until further notice, due to Israel’s repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement.
Hamas said the violations include delaying displaced Palestinians’ return to north Gaza, targeting Palestinians with bombings and gunfire in various areas of the Strip and failing to bring in all forms of aid as agreed upon in the deal.
In response, US President Donald Trump said on Feb. 10 that Hamas should release all the hostages held in Gaza by Saturday at 12 pm or he would cancel the ceasefire and “let hell break out”.
Netanyahu then said in a video statement on Tuesday, Feb. 11, that the Israeli cabinet had agreed that if Hamas doesn’t release the hostages, the ceasefire will end and the Israeli military will return to “intense fighting (in Gaza) until Hamas is finally defeated”.
Netanyahu also said the cabinet welcomed Trump’s “revolutionary vision for Gaza’s future”.
Trump has been openly calling for the ethnic cleansing, the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial or religious groups from a certain area, of Palestinians in Gaza.
He said the US should “take over” Gaza, “own” it and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” and Palestinians would be “permanently” moved to another country.
Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to gather in and around Gaza, adding that the operation had begun at the time he gave the statement.
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