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The second phase of ceasefire began with the wrong foot since Netanyahu preferred to talk to the US first. Now there is no liberation of hostages to “new order.” Tense climate in the Middle East.
The liberation of Hamas’s hostages should start next Saturday. However, this Monday, the Palestinian terrorist group has ensured that it will postpone the release of more Israeli hostages “up to new order”.
Quoted by, Hamas stated that “the release of the Zionist prisoners, which was scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2025, will be postponed, while awaiting the compliance with the enemy and retroactive compliance with last weeks obligations. ”
The armed group also mentioned the “VIOLATIONS OF THE ENEMY and its inability to comply with the terms of the agreement ”as main reasons for the suppression of the agreement.
The second phase of negotiations between the two country had already been marked by a great tension. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not start conversations with Hamas on the magazine date, having opted for in the US, where they discussed a plan for the Gaza Strip.
From these meetings, a plan of the US president, supported by the Israelite leader, emerged: occupy Gaza, expel its inhabitants and restructure the place from the root.
The Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, Already reacted to the announcement of Hamas: “Hamas’s decision to suspend hostage release is a total violation of the ceasefire agreement and the hostage release agreement. I gave instructions to the Armed Forces to prepare at the highest alert level for any possible scenario In Gaza and to protect communities, ”he said.
Netanyahu has already summoned a series of meetings with those responsible for the country’s “defense structures”, according to the
The former minister of Israelite far-right Italy Benefit, has also commented, and ensures that the Hamas announcement must have “a real answer: a massive fire attack on Gaza, from the air and the earth ”.
There are still 79 people kidnapped on October 7, 2023, in Gaza. Only 20 of them should leave during the current phase of ceasefire, of which eight will have died, according to.
This Saturday, the fifth hostage exchange had already taken place between the two military forces, among which, or Levy.
