A serious escalation that warns of the return of the war again in the Gaza Strip after the threats of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu said, "If Hamas does not return our hostages until Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the Israeli army will return to the violent fighting until the permanent defeat of Hamas."

After more than 15 months of fighting, a truce between Israel and Hamas was reached by Qatar, the United States and Egypt, which entered into force on January 19.

The agreement provides for the suspension of combat operations and the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, and the introduction of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

But Hamas accused Israel of "not adhering to" its provisions, and announced on Monday that any exchanges are postponed under the agreement "until further notice.

Hamas confirmed that the door is "open" to release a new batch of Israeli hostages on the date scheduled for Saturday after Israel fulfills the terms of the agreement.

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The Netanyahu government ordered the army to "prepare for all scenarios" and sent reinforcements to the vicinity of the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with the White House journalists, US President Donald Trump, who wants to control the Strip and displace its 2.4 million Palestinians, proposed that Israel cancels the ceasefire agreement if Hamas did not release “all the hostages” batch One by Saturday afternoon.

He vowed to open the “gates of hell” in the event that this is not achieved on the specified date, in a demand that exceeds the terms of the armistice agreement.

Among them is Shahhar Moore Zuhau, the nephew of the murdered hostage, Abraham Mandar. "We cannot bear another confrontation between the two parties. There is an agreement. Stir!"

Hamas detained the hostages during its attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel responded with a bombing campaign that destroyed the Strip and turned it into rubble and caused the killing of tens of thousands with a suffocating humanitarian crisis.

Of 251 hostages were taken to Gaza, the ceasefire agreement stipulates the release of 33 hostages, eight of them were reported, in exchange for Israel's release of 1900 Palestinians, during the first stage of the six -week ceasefire. /P>

Since the truce began, 16 Israeli hostages have been released in addition to five Thai (outside the agreement), and 765 Palestinian detainees were released.

73 hostages are still held in Gaza, including 35, the Israeli army says they were killed.