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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a "return to intense fighting" if Hamas does not return Israeli hostages by Saturday. The Jerusalem Post reports that the decision was reached unanimously by the Israeli Security Cabinet.

  • Netanyahu: "I have just concluded an in-depth four-hour discussion in the Security Cabinet... If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the military will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated.”
  • Netanyahu: "In light of Hamas's announcement of its decision to violate the agreement and not release our hostages, I instructed the IDF last night to amass forces inside and around the Gaza Strip... This operation is underway as we speak and will be completed as soon as possible."
  • The comments come as US President Donald Trump begins a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House - his first meeting with an Arab leader since returning the office and first with a regional leader since his widely reported comments on the displacement of Gazans and US-led reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
  • King Abdullah said ahead of the meeting that Jordan will "support Trump" to achieve "peace and stability" in the region.
  • Haaretz notes that Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel later today, after a trip to Russia. Netanyahu noted in his statement that the Security Cabinet "welcomed Trump's revolutionary vision for the future of Gaza,"
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a "return to intense fighting" if Hamas does not return Israeli hostages by Saturday. The Jerusalem Post reports that the decision was reached unanimously by the Israeli Security Cabinet.

  • Netanyahu: "I have just concluded an in-depth four-hour discussion in the Security Cabinet... If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the military will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated.”
  • Netanyahu: "In light of Hamas's announcement of its decision to violate the agreement and not release our hostages, I instructed the IDF last night to amass forces inside and around the Gaza Strip... This operation is underway as we speak and will be completed as soon as possible."
  • The comments come as US President Donald Trump begins a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House - his first meeting with an Arab leader since returning the office and first with a regional leader since his widely reported comments on the displacement of Gazans and US-led reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
  • King Abdullah said ahead of the meeting that Jordan will "support Trump" to achieve "peace and stability" in the region.
  • Haaretz notes that Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel later today, after a trip to Russia. Netanyahu noted in his statement that the Security Cabinet "welcomed Trump's revolutionary vision for the future of Gaza,"