Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly will hold a meeting in Eastern at 12pm on Saturday, with President Donald Trump's deadline for Hamas discussing the remainder of the ceasefire agreement, his spokesman said. I checked with News.
In a statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Israel is “preparing in every sense of the matter with full strength for what comes next,” TPS-IL reported.
Earlier on Saturday, Hamas released three more hostages, including American citizen Hergi Dekel Chen. Their release was mostly delayed “indefinitely” by terrorist groups due to suspicions of Israel's ceasefire violation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at a press conference in the Eastern Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, February 4th, 2025. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump demands Hamas release the rest of Israeli hostages
Then, Trump said Monday that if Hamas doesn't return all the remaining hostages by noon, Israel will cancel the ceasefire and “let us break all hell.”
“If all Gaza hostages are not returned at 12pm on Saturday, we say we will cancel the ceasefire,” Trump said in his oval office. “Let's break out all hell. Israel can disable it.”
When Trump issued the statement it was unclear whether he meant 12pm or Israel time in the East. The time for Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting shows that Israel understands the Trump deadline to be 12pm in the east, and has made it at 7pm local time.
Israeli hostage Iair Horn, 46, left, Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, Center Left, 29, Alexander Troufanov, right, Hamas and Islamic Jihad Fighters are handed over to the Red Cross of Khan Younis on the Gaza Strip. will be escorted. Saturday, February 15th. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hamas will release three hostages in exchange for more than 300 prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel
On Thursday, Hamas announced that it would release the hostages on Saturday as planned. The group was eventually named the hostage set to be released. Iair Horn and Sasha Troufanov were released alongside Dekel-Chen. All three men were taken from Kibtuniloz during the October 7 attack in Hamas.
Trump was originally the one who proposed a deadline, but in a post on True Society on Saturday, he said that it “confidentializes” the decision Israel made regarding further action by the United States.
“Hamas has just released three hostages from Gaza, including American citizens. They seem to be in good condition! This is not the same as last week's statement that they will not release the hostages,” Trump wrote. . “Israel must decide what they will do today at 12:00, the deadline imposed on all hostage releases. The United States supports the decision they will make!”
President Donald Trump (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right). (Getty Images/Fox News Digital)
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Last week, Trump expressed his anger at the hostage state released by Hamas. Trump said the three men “looked like Holocaust survivors” and “just not eat in a month.”
Israel and Hamas are engaged in a ceasefire agreement that came into effect on January 19th. Through the six-week deal, Hamas is set to release 33 hostages in exchange for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
