Netanyahu threatened to withdraw from a ceasefire with Hamas and resume fighting in Gaza if the militant group does not release more hostages by midday Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas that if the rest of the hostages are not released by Saturday at noon, the "cease-fire will be terminated" and Hamas will be "decisively defeated.

The new demand seized on an ultimatum issued by President Trump, who said Tuesday that Hamas was unlikely to meet the deadline.