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 warned on Tuesday that if Hamas fails to release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday, the fragile ceasefire in Gaza will end, and Israeli forces will resume their offensive until the militant group is defeated.

While PM's statement does not explicitly call for all captives to be returned by week's end, as Trump has demanded, an unnamed senior official later says Israel wants 'all of them'