President Donald Trump stated if Hamas does not return all hostages through midday on Saturday, he’s going to name for the ceasefire within the Gaza Strip to be canceled and “let all hell escape.”
Trump made the comments after signing government orders within the Oval Place of job Monday night.
When requested if he felt the ceasefire deal will have to be canceled, the president stated this is “Israel’s determination.”
“If the entire Gaza hostages are not returned through Saturday at 12 p.m., I’d say cancel the ceasefire,” Trump stated within the Oval Place of job. “Let all hell escape; Israel can override it.”
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President Donald Trump stated “let all hell escape” if Hamas does not liberate hostages through closing date. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
Trump wired that Hamas must liberate “they all—now not in drips and drabs.”
“Saturday at 12pm and after that, I’d say, all hell goes to damage out,” Trump stated.
A Hamas spokesperson stated Monday that the terrorist group will extend the following deliberate liberate of hostages within the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire settlement.
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“Over the last 3 weeks, the resistance management has monitored the enemy’s violations and failure to meet its tasks beneath the settlement; together with the extend in permitting the go back of the displaced to the northern Gaza Strip, concentrated on them with direct shelling and gunfire in quite a lot of spaces throughout Gaza, and denying aid provides of a wide variety to go into as agreed, whilst the resistance has applied all its tasks,” Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas’ army wing, stated.
“Due to this fact, the discharge of the Zionist prisoners subsequent Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, shall be postponed till additional realize, and till the profession commits to and gives reimbursement for the entitlements of the previous weeks retroactively,” he stated. “We reaffirm our dedication to the phrases of the settlement, so long as the profession stays dedicated to them.”
Israel and Hamas are in the middle of a six-week ceasefire, all through which Hamas has dedicated to freeing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023 assault in change for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
The perimeters have performed 5 swaps for the reason that ceasefire went into impact final month, liberating 21 hostages and greater than 730 Palestinian prisoners. The following change, scheduled for subsequent Saturday, calls for 3 extra Israeli hostages to be freed in change for masses of Palestinian prisoners.
“Hamas’ announcement to forestall the discharge of Israeli hostages is a blatant violation of the ceasefire settlement and the hostage liberate deal,” Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz stated Monday. “I’ve advised the [Israeli Defense Forces] IDF to deal with the best possible degree of readiness for any imaginable situation in Gaza and to beef up the protection of Israeli communities. We will be able to now not permit a go back to the truth of Oct. 7.”
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Hamas launched 3 gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages – civilians Eli Sharabi, 52; Or Levy, 34, and Ohad Ben Ami, 56 – on Saturday after forcing them to talk at a handover rite. Israel in flip freed 183 Palestinian prisoners that day.
On Sunday, Trump commented at the prerequisites of the launched Israeli hostages, pronouncing they “appeared like Holocaust survivors” and “like they haven’t had a meal in a month.”
“I don’t understand how for much longer we will be able to take that,” Trump stated, regarding the remedy of the hostages, including, “You already know, one day, we’re gonna lose our endurance.”
Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace, Yonat Friling and The Related Press contributed to this document.
