ISRAEL is threatening to "restart ground operations" in the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not release 13 civilian hostages by midnight, according to reports.
The terror group announced earlier it would delay the release of the hostages over alleged violations of the truce deal by Israel.
Today is the second day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel - where the parties had agreed to exchange 13 Israeli civilian hostages for 39 Palestinians kept in Israeli prisons.
Israeli media outlets claimed on Saturday night that an unnamed Israeli official revealed the temporary ceasefire currently in place will end if Hamas does not release the second group of hostages as previously agreed.
It comes after a senior Hamas official told the BBC the terror group delayed the release of hostages because Israel only allowed three out of 100 trucks to reach northern Gaza as part of the truce deal.
He also claimed that Israel flew drones over southern Gaza, and that it killed two Palestinians in an area of Gaza where civilians are free to move.
And they claimed that Israel made changes to the already agreed list of Palestinian prisoners set to be released.
Earlier today Israeli media reported that some hostages were being handed over to the Red Cross.
A Hamas source told AFP that the handover had begun, before it was blocked.
An Israeli official confirmed that the hostages had not been handed over to the Red Cross.
Israel has denied any breaking of the agreement between the parties and an Israeli source told AFP: "Israel has not violated the agreement".
It comes after the first 13 women and children to be let go reunited with their families when the terror group handed them over on Friday.
The hostages were pulled from blacked-out vans by masked Hamas militants and passed over to Red Cross workers yesterday evening.
Hamas has agreed to free at least 50 of the 240 hostages it snatched on October 7 over the coming days in return for 150 prisoners kept in Israeli prisons.
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