{"id":21571,"date":"2025-02-12T21:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21571"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:44:50","slug":"hell-is-set-to-be-unleashed-israeli-pm-takes-up-trumps-offer-to-decimate-and-defeat-hamas-if-they-do-not-release-all-hostages-on-saturday-and-us-president-says-terror-group-wont-make-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21571","title":{"rendered":"Hell is set to be unleashed: Israeli PM takes up Trump&#8217;s offer to decimate and defeat Hamas if they do not release ALL hostages on Saturday &#8211; and US president says terror group &#8216;won&#8217;t make the deadline&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister has taken up\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-e8fa0c00-e89f-11ef-a374-43e8e3a14b58\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s offer to decimate and defeat\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-e9022250-e89f-11ef-a374-43e8e3a14b58\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/hamas\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Hamas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0if they do not release all hostages on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-e8efd2d0-e89f-11ef-a374-43e8e3a14b58\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/benjamin-netanyahu\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said Israel would resume &#8216;intense fighting&#8217; in Gaza if Hamas did not return hostages by Saturday noon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was initially reported that Netanyahu called for Hamas to release three hostages on Saturday and nine living others in the &#8216;coming days&#8217;, but Israel later specified that it expects &#8216;everyone&#8217; to be released by Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"connatix-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the IDF (Israeli military) will resume intense fighting until Hamas is decisively defeated,&#8217; Netanyahu said in a statement issued after a meeting with his security cabinet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">US President Trump said he does not think that Hamas will make the Saturday deadline for releasing the hostages and threatened to &#8216;let all hell break out&#8217; if the terror group does not return all captives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A Hamas spokesman astonishingly lashed out at Trump, saying there was no place &#8216;for the language of threats&#8217; &#8211; roughly 14 months after the terror group slaughtered more than 1,100 Israelis during the October 7 incursion, while also kidnapping and raping hundreds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last night the group said it was indefinitely scrapping a scheduled hostage release, claiming\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-419443a0-e853-11ef-bb35-0bb59d743810\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/israel-hamas-conflict\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Israel<\/a><\/span>\u00a0had violated the ceasefire agreement that was agreed last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump told reporters late on Monday night that while the decision ultimately rests on Israel&#8217;s shoulders, &#8216;as far as I&#8217;m concerned, if all of the hostages aren&#8217;t returned by Saturday 12 o&#8217;clock \u2013 I think it&#8217;s an appropriate time \u2013 I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d26f15d6f19a46e9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/08\/95083013-14383795-image-a-94_1739263826928.jpg\" alt=\"Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostage Or Levy on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025, as part of the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange of a fragile ceasefire\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostage Or Levy on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025, as part of the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange of a fragile ceasefire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fdbc35cebc4ed02d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95101425-14385931-image-a-1_1739296143613.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) said Israel would resume 'intense fighting' in Gaza if Hamas did not return hostages by Saturday noon, without specifying whether he was referring to all captives\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) said Israel would resume &#8216;intense fighting&#8217; in Gaza if Hamas did not return hostages by Saturday noon, without specifying whether he was referring to allcaptives<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-628129f54af460c3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/18\/95101925-14385931-image-a-11_1739298158078.jpg\" alt=\"Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-417e1781bebaa753\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/18\/95102761-14385931-image-m-15_1739298925524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"459\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Donald Trump (pictured) threatened to &#8216;let all hell break out&#8217; on the terror group if it does not return all 76 hostages by noon on Saturday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior spokesperson for the terror group known for its tight stranglehold over the Gaza Strip, boldly claimed Trump&#8217;s comments did nothing but make negotiations for the end of the war harder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The language of threats has no value and further complicates matters,&#8217; Zuhri remarked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He added that Trump needed to &#8216;remember that there is an agreement that must be respected by both parties and this is the only way to return the prisoners&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As part of the ceasefire agreement, Hamas promised to release 33\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-13e70940-e80a-11ef-ace6-d9a8565186ed\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/israel\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Israeli<\/a><\/span>\u00a0hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and an end to the hostilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Three of those hostages were set to be released on Saturday, but Hamas has claimed that Israel has not lived up to its side of the deal, citing\u00a0recent Israeli shelling and gunfire in\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-4f728300-e8a4-11ef-bc1e-953391b25c35\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/palestine\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Gaza<\/a><\/span>, as well as an insufficient flow of aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It added that it had announced the delay five days before the scheduled release to allow time for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, however, said any delay in the release of hostages would represent a &#8216;complete violation&#8217; of the ceasefire agreement, and warned that Israel&#8217;s military would assume its &#8216;highest level of readiness,&#8217;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/02\/10\/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0the Washington Post reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It added that it had announced the delay five days before the scheduled release to allow time for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is currently unclear how many of the 76 hostages that remain in Hamas&#8217; control are still alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An elderly Israeli man taken hostage by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, was declared dead by his kibbutz this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;With heavy hearts, we, the members of the kibbutz, received the news this morning about the murder of our dear friend, Shlomo Mansour, 86 years old, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Kissufim during the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023,&#8217; the community said of the Iraqi-born Israeli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Israeli military said in a statement on Tuesday that the &#8216;decision to confirm his death was based on intelligence gathered in recent months&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-87ebc4abf6fbb2ce\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95074315-14385931-Hamas_announced_on_Monday_it_was_scrapping_a_scheduled_release_o-a-1_1739296703398.jpg\" alt=\"Hamas announced on Monday it was scrapping a scheduled release of three more hostages\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Hamas announced on Monday it was scrapping a scheduled release of three more hostages<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-72752b98d3607092\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/18\/95101923-14385931-image-a-12_1739298174607.jpg\" alt=\"Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are erected in the yards of destroyed schools and buildings in the north of Gaza City on February 11, 2025\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are erected in the yards of destroyed schools and buildings in the north of Gaza City on February 11, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eba805d6a80bf8e5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/08\/95083009-14383795-image-a-93_1739263824937.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli captive Eli Sharabi stands on a stage escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah\" width=\"634\" height=\"420\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Israeli captive Eli Sharabi stands on a stage escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e8f0747d008a6d46\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95075285-14385931-image-a-2_1739296703400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"427\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">President Donald Trump threatened Hamas that he would cancel Israel&#8217;s ceasefire on Gaza<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of the founders of Kibbutz Kissufim, Mansour was kidnapped from a henhouse during Hamas&#8217;s attack on southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His wife Mazal Mansour, with whom he lived for 60 years, managed to escape the attack. The couple have five children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This is one of the most difficult days in the history of our kibbutz,&#8217; the community said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Shlomo was much more than a community member to us &#8211; he was a father, grandfather, a true friend and the beating heart of Kissufim.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Our hearts are broken that we couldn&#8217;t bring him back to us alive&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The kibbutz called on the Israeli government and world leaders &#8216;to continue acting with determination to bring back all the hostages, both the living and the dead, and not to allow painful stories like Shlomo&#8217;s to repeat themselves&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A group representing the families of the hostages said it has &#8216;urgently requested&#8217; help from other countries to restore and implement the hostage deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Hostages and Missing Families Forum pointed to the emaciated appearances of Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who were released on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They appeared to be in worse condition than the 18 other hostages that were previously freed under the truce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There are 17 more hostages that Hamas had agreed to release, and a total of 73 still being held in Gaza &#8211; though Israeli officials fear many may be dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Recent evidence from those released, as well as the shocking conditions of the hostages released last Saturday, leaves no room for doubt &#8211; time is of the essence,&#8217; The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-931a9bbe2eedba72\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95074927-14385931-Concerns_about_the_hostages_grew_after_Or_Levy_Eliyahu_Sharabi_a-a-3_1739296703400.jpg\" alt=\"Concerns about the hostages grew after Or Levy, Eliyahu Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami appeared gaunt on Saturday\" width=\"634\" height=\"424\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Concerns about the hostages grew after Or Levy, Eliyahu Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami appeared gaunt on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-54ac2a43a1b31274\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/18\/95101921-14385931-image-a-13_1739298184724.jpg\" alt=\"Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are erected in the yards of destroyed schools and buildings in the north of Gaza City on February 11, 2025\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are erected in the yards of destroyed schools and buildings in the north of Gaza City on February 11, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-89a19d6c0f20d14b\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95074247-14385931-Under_the_ceasefire_agreement_Hamas_vowed_to_release_33_Israeli_-a-4_1739296703465.jpg\" alt=\"Under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas vowed to release 33 Israeli hostages. Ofer Kalderon was reunited with his children at Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan on February 1\" width=\"634\" height=\"424\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas vowed to release 33 Israeli hostages. Ofer Kalderon was reunited with his children at Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan on February 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d3f4094f0d40ef4b\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95074307-14385931-In_exchange_for_the_hostages_Israel_vowed_to_end_its_war_in_the_-a-5_1739296703466.jpg\" alt=\"In exchange for the hostages, Israel vowed to end its war in the Gaza Strip\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In exchange for the hostages, Israel vowed to end its war in the Gaza Strip<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The three released hostages&#8217; appearances also apparently made Trump uncomfortable, telling reporters on Sunday he was losing patience with the ceasefire deal after seeing the footage of Ben Ami, Sharabi and Levy being led on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They look like Holocaust survivors,&#8217; he said of the freed hostages. &#8216;They were in horrible condition. They were emaciated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I don&#8217;t know how much longer we can take that&#8230; at some point we&#8217;re going to lose our patience.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The freed hostages\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14378377\/Hamas-hostages-hung-feet-forced-rotten-bread-tunnel.html\" target=\"_self\">have since claimed\u00a0<\/a><\/span>they were hung by their feet, throttled with a rope and branded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They also said they were deliberately starved,\u00a0held in a room inside a tunnel so tiny they could not move nor stand and were left struggling for air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After days without food or water they were handed rotten pita bread which they were made to share with others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We were treated like animals,&#8217; one said on being released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The terrorists also allegedly subjected the men to barbaric interrogation sessions over 491 days in captivity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ba5487427884903\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95050067-14385931-Freed_Palestinian_prisoners_are_greeted_by_a_crowd_as_they_arriv-a-6_1739296703526.jpg\" alt=\"Freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2ae8d2370d2b746\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/11\/17\/95074293-14385931-Hamas_and_Israel_were_due_to_start_discussing_a_second_phase_of_-a-7_1739296703527.jpg\" alt=\"Hamas and Israel were due to start discussing a second phase of the ceasefire on February 3\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>21<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Hamas and Israel were due to start discussing a second phase of the ceasefire on February 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire &#8211; which would allow for more hostages to be released appear to be slow moving, even after Israeli forces withdrew Sunday from a Gaza corridor in the latest commitment to the truce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They were due to start on February 3, but it is unclear if any progress has been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Apparently adding to the concerns were Trump&#8217;s remarks that the United States would buy Gaza and turn it into the &#8216;Riviera of the Middle East&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He insisted that neighbouring Arab countries would agree to take the Palestinians currently living in the Gaza Strip &#8211; though Egypt and Jordan have long expressed reservations about the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Palestinian Authority also insisted last month that it should be the sole governing power in Gaza after the war, and expressed dismay at the proposal of moving Palestinians from their homeland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Still, Trump said Palestinians would have no right of return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released Monday as a &#8216;real estate development for the future.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister has taken up\u00a0Donald Trump&#8216;s offer to decimate and defeat\u00a0Hamas\u00a0if they do not release all hostages on Saturday. 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