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 fragile peace between Israel and Hamas is on the brink this morning, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu setting a deadline for the release of hostages by Saturday. In a statement to the AP,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday a fragile ceasefire in Gaza would end and the Israeli army would resume its offensive in the Palestinian enclave until the militant group is defeated.