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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked his soldiers to make mass forces around the Gaza Strip and threatened to take up “intensive fights” against Hamas if the Palestinian militant group had not released Israeli hostages from here noon Saturday.
Netanyahu’s ultimatum on Tuesday came on Tuesday after the announcement of Hamas which he delayed “until further notice”, the planned release of three hostages on Saturday to protest against alleged Israeli violations of the agreement on the ceasefire The United States-fee, reached last month.
US President Donald Trump set a deadline on Saturday for the release of “All” the Israeli hostages on Monday still organized by Hamas in Gaza.
It was not immediately clear if the ultimatum of Netanyahu, who followed a meeting of his security firm, applied the planned release of the three Israeli hostages, or a larger number of captives.
It is a story in development.
