A fragile ceasefire in Gaza is increasingly threatened after Hamas warned that US President Donald Trump's ultimatum for the release of all Israeli hostages by Saturday complicates the agreement. Trump's statement has raised tensions, which were already heightened by his previous proposal to relocate Gaza's population. Hamas insists on the agreement's implementation and accuses Israel of not fulfilling its commitments, while Israel condemns Hamas's postponement of the hostage release.
Hamas warns Trump’s latest threat complicates the fragile Gaza ceasefire, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps.
The truce, in place since January 19, largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza but has come under strain in recent days. “We must avoid at all costs resumption of hostilities in Gaza that would lead to immense tragedy,” he said on X.“I pray that the ceasefire holds, but there are no guarantees because the ruling faction in Israel wants war, and I believe there is also a faction within Hamas that wants war,” said Adnan Qassem, 60, from Deir el-Balah.Trump’s threat came hours after Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said the hostage release scheduled for Saturday was postponed.
Negotiators were set to meet in Qatar to discuss the truce’s implementation, which remains unsettled.
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