Skip next section Israel says Hamas violates ceasefire, puts military on alert
02/10/2025February 10, 2025
Israel says Hamas violates ceasefire, puts military on alert
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that the postponement of amounts to a “complete violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
“Hamas’ announcement to stop releasing Israeli hostages is a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement and the deal to release the hostages. I have instructed the IDF (military) to prepare at the highest level of alert for any possible scenario in Gaza,” Katz said in a statement.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that “all the families of the hostages were informed this evening of Hamas’s announcement.”
“The families were made aware that the State of Israel is committed to respecting the agreement and considers any violation of it with the utmost seriousness,” it added.
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Skip next section Hamas says it will postpone next hostage release indefinitely
02/10/2025February 10, 2025
Hamas says it will postpone next hostage release indefinitely
Palestinian militant group announced that it was postponing until further notice the next release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, claiming that Israel had failed to abide by the terms of their .
Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, claimed that since the ceasefire took effect on January 19, Israel has delayed the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, targeted Gazans with military shelling and gunfire, and prevented aid from entering the territory.
He added that Hamas would not release any more hostages until Israel “complies and compensates for the past weeks.”
More hostages were due to be released Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners, but the Hamas spokesman said no more hostages would be released until further notice.
There have been five hostage-prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas in the first phase of the current cease-fire. Three hostages were released last Saturday.
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02/10/2025February 10, 2025
Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in his Gaza plan
US President said Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would not have the right to return under his of the territory.
Asked if Palestinians would be allowed to return to the Gaza Strip, Trump told Fox News: “No, they wouldn’t, because they’re going to have much better housing.”
He said his goal was to create a “permanent place” for the Palestinians. “We will build beautiful communities for the 1.9 million people,” he added in the interview.
These communities will be built “a little bit away from where they are, where all of this danger is,” Trump said.
Referring to the war-torn Gaza Strip, he said: “In the meantime, I would own this. Think of it as a real estate development for the future.”
Legal experts say expelling Palestinians from Gaza would violate international law, while the United Nations has warned of “ethnic cleansing.”
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