The wobbly ceasefire collapsed on Tuesday when Israel bombarded Gaza, shattering two months of calm that also saw dozens of hostages exchanged for Palestinian prisoners, as per CNN.
"It will not happen without the release of hostages," Sa'ar said in his meetings with the Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Finnish, and Slovakian foreign ministers. "We are committed to the release of our hostages and to the war's objectives that we set," as per Times of Israel.
Preparations are underway in Gaza for the release of six Israeli hostages in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian terrorists held in Israeli prisons. The six hostages are the last to be freed alive during the first phase of the deal with Hamas
Following the announcement by Hamas that it will not uphold its agreement to release hostages, Netanyahu further said that if Hamas does not return the hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will be called off, and Israel will resume intense military action aimed at the final defeat of
Sharing a post on X, Israel President Isaac Herzog wrote, "Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel are finally home. How we have worried, and awaited their return."
Israeli officials have confirmed that three hostages are set to be released from Gaza tomorrow -- Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel, and Yarden Bibas, Times of Israel reported.
Israel, while delaying the release, had asserted that the prisoners won't be freed until the "safe passage" of the hostages is "guaranteed in the next releases."
The body of Rehanullah, a contract worker for the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), was found in the rugged terrain of the remote Zareefwaal area in Lakki Marwat district on Saturday.
Hamas has violated the terms of the hostage release agreement by not prioritizing the return of civilian hostages, according to the IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari. "Hamas is a murderous terrorist organization that has cynically presented a false narrative of care while holding civilians for