Trump threatens to cancel ceasefire deal and ‘let all hell break loose’ if all hostages are not released by noon on Saturday

President Donald Trump threatened Hamas that he would cancel Israel’s ceasefire on Gaza and ‘let all hell break loose’ if all of the remaining hostages are not released by noon on Saturday.

The president made the comments as he was signing executive orders in the Oval Office Monday evening, after the terror group announced it was scrapping a scheduled hostage release, according to the New York Post. 

But he noted that the decision to end the ceasefire – which went into effect on January 20 – ultimately lies with the Israeli government.

‘I’m speaking for myself,’ he said, according to the Times of Israel. ‘Israel can override it.’ 

As part of the ceasefire agreement, Hamas vowed to release 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and an end to the hostilities.

Three more hostages were set to be released on Saturday, but Hamas has claimed that Israel has not lived up to its side of the deal, citing recent Israeli shelling and gunfire in Gaza, as well as an insufficient flow of aid.

It added that it had announced the delay five days before the scheduled release to allow time for negotiations. 

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, though, said any delay in the release of hostages would represent a ‘complete violation’ of the ceasefire agreement, and warned that Israel’s military would assume its ‘highest level of readiness,’ the Washington Post reports. 

 This is a breaking news story and will be updated.