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Israeli official says security cabinet ‘partially adopted’ Trump’s demand for all hostages to be freed by Sat.
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The security cabinet “partially adopted” US President Donald Trump’s demand that all hostages in Gaza be released by Hamas by Saturday, an Israeli official tells Ynet.
“We are relying on the US president’s ultimatum and we want to see how Hamas reacts,” says the official. “Since we didn’t violate the agreement, rather Hamas did, there is justification for our side violating the agreement. Israel is saying, ‘Hold me back.’ We want to see how Hamas responds to this.”
“There’s a reason Netanyahu didn’t give a number” of hostages to be released by Saturday in his recent statement, says the official.
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