I believe US President mispoke to sall ‘ALL the Hostagews’ when the agreement called for just 3……
Netanyahu has adopted Trump’s view?
Hamas IS holding more than 3 hostages …..
Turning ALL opf them over peobably isn’t what Hamas would do, since Israel’s hardliners might see a opeing rto resume hunting Hamas in Gaza with hundreeds of thousand’s of people back in the territory….
More fighting would push other Arab countries into a tough place…
While Trump is threatening aid to the region?
The region also could use slowing oil suplies to cripple Western economies….
Somalia has ISIS regrouping…..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address Tuesday that Israel would end the Gaza ceasefire if hostages held by Hamas are not returned as scheduled this weekend.
The Israeli leader’s remarks came as President Donald Trump said that Hamas needed to release all remaining hostages by noon Saturday or “all bets were off.”
“I don’t want to do two and then we do another two and another week, and then we do four and three weeks. They either have them out by Saturday at 12 o’clock or all bets are off,” Trump told reporters at the White House, where he was hosting Jordanian King Abdullah II.
An Israel official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, said that the Israeli Prime Minister’s position echoed “President Trump’s statement regarding the release of the hostages — that all of them will be released on Saturday.”
Under the terms of a ceasefire reached last month, three hostages were scheduled to be released from Gaza on Saturday. However, Hamas said Monday it would delay the release “until further notice” over accusations of Israeli ceasefire violations — the first major setback for the ceasefire and hostage-release deal.
Hamas blamed the delay on recent Israeli shelling and gunfire in Gaza, along with an insufficient flow of aid. The group said in a statement that it had announced its decision early to leave a door open for negotiators to resolve issues with the ceasefire before the weekend.
In recent days, Hamas has said that aid, including emergency tents and other shelters, is not entering the territory fast enough and has called for stepped-up medical evacuations. Aid groups have said they are struggling to scale up the demand for tents.
The move by Hamas came as Trump said Palestinians displaced from Gaza to neighboring countries, under his proposal for the United States to “own” Gaza and develop real estate there, would not have the right to return to the enclave. He made the remarks in an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier that aired Monday evening.
Here’s what else to know:
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Monday. Rubio stressed “the importance of close cooperation” in post-conflict planning for Gaza and emphasized that “Hamas can never govern Gaza or threaten Israel again,” according to a State Department readout.
- Egypt’s Foreign Ministry appeared to push back Monday against Trump’s stated plan for Gaza, issuing a statement that called for the protection of Palestinians’ rights.
- Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu called his meeting with Trump last week, during which Trump unveiled his plan for Gaza, “the most significant” he had “ever had with an American president.” Israel sees “eye to eye with the U.S. administration on all the goals of the war,” Netanyahu said to Israel’s legislature on Monday.
- In response to Trump’s remarks about his plans for Gaza, more than 110 nongovernmental organizations signed a joint statement denouncing “any effort or initiative, and any calls for, the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza,” according to A New Policy, an advocacy group.
- The U.N. human rights office said images of “emaciated Israeli hostages” released Saturday by Hamas under the ceasefire agreement were “deeply distressing,” as are the “severe conditions” reported by Palestinian detainees released by Israel under the deal. Its statement Monday also expressed concern over “the public parading of hostages released by Hamas.”…
Feb 11, 2025 – ISW Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to resume military operations in the Gaza Strip if Hamas fails to release Israeli hostages on February 15. Netanyahu made this announcement after he convened a security cabinet meeting on February 11 to discuss the second phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. Hamas stated on February 10 that it would postpone the release of Israeli hostages, which would be a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Somali has become a breeding ground for ISIS…..
The Somali branch [Somali Soldiers] has become the Islamic State’s new operational and financial hub, according to U.S. Africa Command (Africom), and local officials estimate there are as many as 1,000 militants under its command. Large numbers of foreign fighters have flowed into Somalia, establishing a formidable force that now threatens Western targets. The group has also become a key source of funding for other Islamic State affiliates around the world, which have killed thousands of people, including U.S. soldiers, according to U.N. investigators….
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The struggle to contain this rising threat has fallen to forces in Puntland, a remote, semiautonomous region in one of the world’s poorest, weakest nations. Puntland’s soldiers are now locked in a grinding fight — one with major international implications, but without Western support.
More than a month into their largest offensive against the group, Puntland officials say they have recaptured about 50 Islamic State outposts and small bases and killed more than 150 fighters, nearly all of them foreign. But the toll on their side is growing, too, and there are fears here about how much longer they can sustain the fight.
Washington Post reporters toured the ever-expanding battlefield in Puntland, including recently discovered Islamic State caves; spoke to imprisoned deserters who said they were forced to join the group; interviewed Somali and U.S. officials; and reviewed evidence collected from captured phones and drones. What emerges is the most complete account to date of how the Islamic State was able to regroup here over the past decade after losing its self-declared caliphate in the Middle East….
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