Donald Trump as President of the United States has warned that complete chaos will erupt across Gaza if Israel fails to free all its hostages before noon on Saturday, February 15th. The deadline emerges as relations between Israel and Hamas continue to deteriorate following the transient cease-fire and its consequent five rounds of hostage-prisoner trades.
Since January 19 the ongoing ceasefire has stopped fifteen months of continuous battle in Gaza. The planned additional exchange process became suspended due to Hamas claiming that Israel has not fulfilled its promised aid provisions and other terms of the agreement. Spokesman Abu Ubaida from Hamas’ armed wing declared a postponement of future exchanges since Israel has not met the terms of the truce agreement.
Then at the White House Trump declared that the truce should end if Israel does not release all prisoners by Saturday evening. He uttered those words as a warning before declaring that hell will start raging. His remarks stem from the disputed plan to relocate Gaza’s population of two million people while UN officials along with human rights professionals strongly denounced it. 
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz accused Hamas of breaking the truce entirely by declaring the ceasefire violated while instructing military forces to summon contingency plans for every scenario. Attending a political conference in Israel Benjamin Netanyahu delivered praise to Trump’s Gaza plan by calling it “revolutionary” while global organizations continued their criticism.
The upcoming mediators’ meeting in Qatar to save the truce occurs while the region remains at risk of fresh violence because refugees attempt to return home and the parties blame each other for violating the pact. People around the world maintain a sense of unease while the approaching Saturday deadline approaches.
