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“You can’t allow them, Hamas, to use the ceasefire to sort of rebuild itself and recover strength, the U.S. secretary of state said.
Alar Karis and members of his delegation placed yellow ribbon pins on their lapel in solidarity with the captives.
The Yemeni terrorist group says it is “ready to respond immediately” if Israeli attacks on Hamas resume.
The Palestinians reported one killed and another wounded in the attack.
“A decision by Hamas not to release the hostages is essentially a decision to return to war,” the foreign minister told visiting European Union ambassadors.
The military is preparing to potentially resume fighting following Hamas’s announcement that it would delay releasing hostages.
Echoing the demand by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Israeli prime minister issued Hamas an ultimatum and threatened its “total defeat.”
The Israeli finance minister called to “open the gates of hell” on Hamas.
“The real rebirth is to see a father hold his four children,” said Eyal Kalderon, whose cousin Ofer Kalderon was freed by Hamas on Feb. 1 after 484 days in captivity.
According to satellite image analysis, some 72% of the buildings in Gaza City are gone, while the figure in Khan Yunis is about 73%. Jabaliya has been totally destroyed, as the area along the Gaza-Israel border.
The Israeli premier endorsed Trump’s “new and revolutionary vision” for Gaza, rejecting a role for either Hamas or the P.A. in the Strip.
“We share in the family’s deep mourning. We will neither rest nor be silent until he is returned for burial in Israel,” said the Israeli premier.
