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February 13, 2025 - October 7 War, Day 496
Ceasefire
- Earlier this week, Hamas announced that it would not release three hostages this coming Saturday, as stipulated in the agreement. The terrorist organization claims that Israel has violated the deal in several ways, including in not permitting the agreed-upon amount of humanitarian aid to be delivered into the Strip.
- Israel strongly denied breaching the agreement. The IDF said that it had fully withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor early in the week (a key Hamas demand in the negotiations leading up to the deal), despite the its concerns over the security risks of such a pull-back of troops.
- In response to the Hamas announcement, US President Donald Trump said that “there will be hell to pay,” if Hamas did not release the hostages. He then clarified and demanded that “all hostages be released” by noon on Saturday.
- The Israeli government said that it “agreed” with President Trump’s demands. However, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the IDF was prepared and ready to restart the war immediately, and fight “until Hamas is completely decimated” if the hostages were not released. Unlike Trump, Netanyahu did not say “all” of the hostages; leaving the door open for the original agreement to be fulfilled by both sides.
- To back up Netanyahu’s threats, the IDF called up additional reserves and moved troops closer to the Gaza border and within the Strip itself, as if in preparation to resume fighting. Israel’s Defense Minister Yisrael Katz also threatened Hamas, saying that “if they stop releasing the hostages, then there is no agreement, and there is war…. The new Gaza war will be different in intensity from the one before the ceasefire – and it will not end without Hamas’ defeat and the release of all the hostages."
- Faced with stepped-up Israeli military preparations and the prospect of full US backing for all-out Israeli attacks on Hamas, Hamas agreed to discuss the resumption of the deal. Fearing a surprise attack, Hamas instructed its commanders to avoid using cell phones, which could be location-traced by the IDF.
- At the time of this writing, Hamas has said that it has accepted proposed terms to continue the ceasefire, including releasing the three hostages scheduled to be set free on Saturday. Israel has not yet confirmed that the deal will go ahead, although it seems likely at this point.
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