Politics

On Saturday morning Hamas could free only three hostages

To now 48 hours after the ultimatum launched to Hamas from Donald Trump And by the Israeli government who said clearly that “if they do not report all the hostages by Saturday at noon then a” hell “will be unleashed, the jihadist group is trying to return to his steps. This morning the Palestinian jihadists said “they did not want to blow the agreement on the taking of the hostages and on the ceased the fire”, while some Palestinian sources report “progress in the efforts to save the precarious agreement”. The same sources say that the terrorist group told the mediators that he will free the hostages on Saturday “if Israel will respect his commitment”. But how many hostages are Hamas willing to free? Trump has clearly said: “As far as I’m concerned, if all the hostages will not be returned by Saturday at 12:00, I think it’s the right time: I would say to cancel it and close every game, letting hell be unleashed”. Then he added: «I would say they should be returned by 12:00 on Saturday. And if they are not returned, all of them, not with drops and spizzichi, not two and one and three and four and two, Saturday at 12:00. And afterwards, I would say that hell will crack ». The Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhriin an interview ad To Jazeera -House organ of the Palestinian jihadists- said Hamas is committed to implementing the release program of the hostages according to the respite agreements, but that “they will not be released on Saturday as by some Israeli requests”. And who says to the American president? Does anyone really believe that he dictates the line from the cuts that he calls “sick people”? It appears somewhat unlikely.

Hamas declares that mediators are intensifying the pressure for the agreement to be fully implemented. The group argues that this must include the respect by Israel of humanitarian commitments, in addition to the release of the hostages held in Gaza and the Palestinian prisoners in Israel, as scheduled for Saturday. A source states that “once the mediators have confirmed the final approval of Israel, then prefabricated units, curtains, fuel, heavy equipment, medicines, materials to repair hospitals and everything that is connected to the humanitarian protocol”, they can start to enter the strip. For the Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz If Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages by Saturday Israel will resume the war as promised by Trump: «The new Gaza war will be different from intensity from that prior to ceased the fire and will not end without the defeat of Hamas and the release of all the hostages “, Katz said. This new war – he added – will also allow the realization of the vision of the President of the United States Trump for Gaza ».

Possible attacks on Iranian nuclear structures

While on Saturday the war could start again, the US intelligence agencies recently concluded that Israel is evaluating the hypothesis of conducting significant attacks against Iranian nuclear sites during this year. The news was reported by Wall Street Journalciting officials informed on the dossier. According to the report, already in the first days of the Trump administration, a similar evaluation had been formulated, indicating that Israel considered the possibility of affecting Iranian nuclear plants. The US military leaders stressed that a possible Israeli operation would depend crucial on the American support, in particular on the supply of weapons. This information emerge in the aftermath of the recent statements by Trump, who said he preferred an agreement with Tehran rather than leaving Field Free to Israel for an attack on Iranian nuclear infrastructures. In 2018, during his first term, Trump had retired from the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 between Iran and the world powers, reintroducing heavy penalties in the context of his “maximum pressure” strategy on Tehran. In response, Iran has gradually reduced compliance with the obligations set out in the agreement. Recently Tehran informed The International Agency for Atomic Energy (AIEA) the intention to significantly increase the enrichment of Uranium up to 60%, a further step forward in its nuclear program. Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has confirmed the hard line against Iran, imposing new financial penalties against individuals and entities involved in the sale of Iranian oil in China. In the meantime, the Iranian supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, He warned the government to avoid interviews with Washington, calling this “reckless” initiative.