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We can now bring you some reaction from Palestinians in Gaza, as Donald Trump says if Hamas does not release all remaining hostages then Israel should cancel the ceasefire and "let hell break out".

"What hell? Hell worse than what we have already? Hell worse than killing?" Rafah resident Jomaa Abu Kosh asks.

"The destruction, all the practices and human crimes that have occurred in the Gaza Strip, have not happened anywhere else in the world," he adds.

Samira al-Sabea, accuses the Israelis of "killing" and not allowing aid to cross in.

She says: "We are humiliated, street dogs are living a better life than us. God will stand with us, better than the people. Trump wants to make Gaza hell? This will never happen."

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go to Doha to try and continue the hostage release suspended by Hamas.

"The sign of life from twins Gali and Ziv Berman is a wake-up call this morning to the Israeli government," his post on X reads.

For context, Gali and Ziv Berman are 27-year-old twin brothers who were taken from Kfar Aza on 7 October 2023, and are still yet to be released by Hamas.

"Bring everyone home. Time is running out," Lapid adds.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extends his "heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Shlomo Mansour".

In a statement, he describes the deceased hostage as "one of those who built the country".

Netanyahu says he was killed during the 7 October 2023 attacks, and his body was taken to Gaza.

"We share in the family's deep mourning. We will neither rest nor be silent until he is returned for burial in Israel," Netanyahu adds.

"We will continue to take determined and relentless action until we return all of our hostages - the living and the deceased."

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Sharone Lifschitz's parents were taken hostage by Hamas during the 7 October 2023 attacks.

Her mother Yocheved Lifschitz was released but her father Oded, 84, is still being held.

Lifschitz tells the BBC's Today programme that she is bracing herself and "waiting to see" what happens this weekend, when the hostages were due to be released.

She says the remaining hostages are being held in "petrifying" conditions and their likelihood of survival is "diminishing".

There is a "large majority of the Israeli public that want this deal to come true," she says, and asks the Israeli government to "get that deal completed."

"It's the most important thing you can do in your life."

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Protesters seeking the release of hostages from Gaza are continuing to gather in Israel today, following a demonstration in Tel Aviv last night.

Protesters blocked a major highway into Jerusalem this morning.

The group held up banners and let off orange smoke, with one person pictured using a rope to descend from a bridge overhead.

Last night people gathered in Tel Aviv to mark the 24th birthday of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel, and to call for all those remaining in Gaza to be freed.

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The UN's secretary general, Antonio Guterres, says "we must avoid at all costs resumption of hostilities in Gaza that would lead to immense tragedy".

In a post on X, he says: "I appeal to Hamas to proceed with the planned liberation of hostages."

He also warns that both sides "must fully abide" to the ceasefire deal and resume negotiations.

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Earlier, we reported that 86-year-old Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour has died.

Now, we can bring you a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who say the confirmation of death was "based on intelligence gathered in recent months". They say he was killed on 7 October 2023 - the day he was taken.

They add the confirmation of his death was "approved by an expert committee of the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Ministry of Religious Services and the Israel Police".

They also say they have informed his family, and that Mansour's body is being held in Gaza.

For days now, US President Donald Trump has been doubling down on his proposal for the US to "take over" Gaza.

In January, he called the region a "demolition site", and said he wanted to "clean out that whole thing."

He then said he wanted to "take over" the region, and resettle the people living there.

Despite the White House later saying any resettlement would be temporary, Trump continues to repeat his statements.

"I'm committed to buying and owning Gaza," he told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday, without explaining who he would buy the territory from or how the US could come to own it.

In a Fox News interview that aired on Monday, he said Palestinians would have no right of return to the country if he moved them, because he will build a "permanent place for them" elsewhere.

He also says he will make a deal with Jordan and Egypt to take in the displaced Palestinians. Both countries have rejected this idea. Palestinians have also rejected his idea, and say they won't go.

The president is set to meet with Jordan's King Abdullah later today.

• Read more: Why does Trump want to take over Gaza and could he do it?

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Hamas took 251 hostages and killed about 1,200 people when it attacked Israel on 7 October 2023.

Seventy-three hostages, and three others taken a decade earlier - one of whom is considered dead - are still being held in Gaza.

Since the ceasefire began on 19 January, 16 Israeli and five Thai hostages have been released in exchange for 566 prisoners.

By the end of the first stage of the ceasefire in three weeks' time, 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners are expected to have been freed. Israel says eight of those 33 are dead.

The remaining hostages would be released during the second stage, negotiations for which are yet to be completed.

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz has extended his condolences to the family of hostage Shlomo Mansour, after his death was announced this morning.

Iraq-born Mansour, 86, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager.

He was on the Israeli government's list of 33 hostages who should be released in the first stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

In a post on X, Katz adds that they will "continue to work in every way to return all the abductees, living and dead. This is our moral duty and our highest goal".

He says Mansour was a founding member of the Kibbutz.

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Gili Roman, the brother of one of the hostages taken by Hamas during the 7 October attack, tells the BBC that Hamas's threat to suspend this weekend's release "is a major risk and we are extremely anxious about it".

His sister, Yarden, was released after 54 days in captivity.

He adds: "I do want to say that Hamas need to understand that there will be a higher cost to ending the deal. They need to understand they can benefit from the deal being kept. And the price tag for stopping the deal will be extremely high."

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A senior Hamas spokesperson says that President Trump "must remember that there is an agreement that must be respected by both parties" if he wants the Israeli hostages returned.

Speaking to Reuters news agency, Sami Abu Zuhri adds that "the language of threats has no value and only complicates matters".

On Monday, Trump told press that all "hell will break out" if all remaining Israeli hostages are not released this weekend.

As a reminder, 16 Israeli hostages have been released for far, with 17 yet to be handed over. Of those 17, Israel says eight are dead.

We've just heard from Jordan's former deputy Prime Minister, Jawad al-Anani, ahead of what he calls a "very crucial" meeting between Donald Trump and Jordan's King Abdullah later today.

It comes as the US president suggests he may withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don't co-operate with his plan to take control of Gaza and resettle the population in the two countries.

Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, al-Anani says Trump's idea on taking over Gaza "is not implementable... I'm afraid it involves a lot of human pain and it also ignored the basic rights of Palestinians".

Trump thinks he can "manipulate" Jordan, al-Anani says, but he claims Jordan has "a very good record of human rights" and they won't "be trampled on."

However, he says aid does matter, as they are overcrowded, they lack water and are already struggling to host refugees.

He says the Palestinians are "yearning" to rebuild their land, and that this should be allowed.

On the ceasefire, which some worry may collapse, he says "that every time you don't produce a fair solution to the Palestinian issue... then another war is brewing".

• For context: Donald Trump has proposed relocating the population of Gaza to neighbouring countries, including Jordan, saying he thinks he can "make a deal". Jordan's leaders have rejected Trump's plan and previous request for them to take in Gazan refugees

After a mostly positive start, the Gaza ceasefire is under increasing strainpublished at 07:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February

07:12 GMT 11 February

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent

Hamas said the “door remains open” for the next scheduled releases to go ahead on Saturday. The group appears to be giving time for the impasse to be resolved.

Hamas lists a series of complaints, from delaying the return of displaced people, continuing to open fire on them and failing to allow the entry of certain types of humanitarian aid.

Other Palestinian officials not connected with Hamas have cited Israel’s reluctance to allow caravans into Gaza to house the vast numbers of Palestinians whose homes have been destroyed.

At a time when the Israeli government is openly discussing ways to encourage civilians to leave Gaza, the failure to give permits for badly needed temporary accommodation is bound to stoke Palestinian fears of expulsion.

Israel has its own suspicions about the rationale behind Hamas’ threatened delay. The spectacle of emaciated hostages being released at the weekend has raised fears that Hamas may not want the world to see others in even worse condition.

It’s too early to say whether this carefully negotiated, staged process is about to collapse – as many have predicted it will – but after a mostly positive start, it’s under increasing strain.

• Why the Gaza ceasefire is under growing strain

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On Monday, Hamas announced they were postponing the next scheduled release of hostages, blaming Israel for violating the ceasefire deal.

We were expecting the release of three more hostages this weekend, in exchange for the freeing of Palestinian prisoners - a routine process that has been in place since the ceasefire came into effect on 19 January.

Israel responded quickly to the announcement, with Defence Minister Israel Katz calling it a "complete violation" of the ceasefire agreement. He has instructed the Israeli military to be ready for "any possible scenario in Gaza."

Crowds in Tel Aviv gathered to demand that the remaining Israeli hostages are released.

The UN also weighed in, and said "any delays" would be an "issue".

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Following the delay in hostage releases, US President Donald Trump - a key ally of Israel - says the ceasefire should be cancelled if "all" the hostages held in Gaza are not returned by Saturday.

He says he wants "all of them, not in dribs and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two".

"I'm speaking for myself," he stresses. "Israel can override it."

If they are not all returned, "all hell is going to break out", the president says, telling reporters that "Hamas will find out what I mean."

Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

This is a critical moment for the Gaza ceasefire.

Hamas warned it would postpone the next scheduled release of three hostages this Saturday, unless mediators addressed its list of complaints against Israel.

They include what it says are delays in allowing in shelters for homeless Gazans.

But in the background too – there’s the changed context for talks on ending the war after President Trump announced his incendiary plan to move away some two million residents of the strip ahead of a US takeover.

The latest threat from Hamas led Trump to propose collapsing the existing ceasefire deal, he said: “As I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday 12 o'clock - I think it's an appropriate time - I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out, if they are not returned, all of them, not dribs and drabs, not two, and one and three and four and two.”

Ultimately, Trump said it was for Israel to make its own decision. And already, the Israeli military has raised its level of readiness and postponed leave for combat soldiers in preparation for a possible return to fighting in Gaza.

For Palestinians, the prospect is frightening.

And the families of Israeli hostages, who held protests in Tel Aviv last night, are in growing anguish.

Ben Hatton
Live reporter

The Gaza ceasefire remains under strain this morning, while US President Donald Trump has said if Hamas does not release all remaining hostages from Gaza by midday on Saturday, Israel should cancel the ceasefire and "let hell break out".

Yesterday Hamas said it's delaying the release of Israeli hostages until further notice, accusing Israel of breaching the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Israel called the decision a "complete violation" of the deal.

The US president is set to meet Jordan's King Abdullah today - their first in-person meeting since Trump suggested a US "takeover" of Gaza.

Trump has proposed relocating the population of Gaza in order to redevelop the area, which has been devastated by 16 months of war.

Our team of reporters and correspondents will be bringing you the latest updates throughout the day, so stay with us.

Malu Cursino
Live reporter

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The future of Israel and Hamas's ceasefire is uncertain this evening, hours after Hamas announced it would be suspending the release of hostages.

Accusing Israel of "delaying the return of displaced persons to northern Gaza, targeting them with shelling and gunfire in various areas of the Strip, and failing to allow the entry of humanitarian aid", Hamas said it needed assurances from Israel that it would stick to the terms of the agreement.

Israel, in turn, accused Hamas of a "complete violation of the ceasefire agreement" and said it had instructed the Israeli military "to prepare at the highest level of alert for any possible scenario in Gaza and to protect the communities".

The next scheduled exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners was due to take place on Saturday - and in a follow-up statement, Hamas said the "door remains open" for that to happen.

Paul Adams, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, says Hamas's decision to announce the delay five days early could mean the group is allowing time for the impasse to be resolved. But - he asks - is this a genuine complaint, that Israel has not lived up to its commitments, or is this about something bigger? Read his analysis in full in our last post.

For now, we're pausing our live Middle East coverage - we'll be back if there are any major developments. In the meantime, there's plenty more to read across the BBC News website.

• News story: Hamas says it will postpone hostage release, blaming Israel
• Explainer: What we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal
• From the weekend: Hostages freed and prisoners released in latest ceasefire exchange

After a mostly positive start, this carefully negotiated ceasefire is under increasing strainpublished at 21:38 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February

21:38 GMT 10 February

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent

Why has Hamas announced a delay five days before it was due to release the next group of hostages?

In one of its official statements, released on Telegram, the group calls its announcement "a warning" to Israel and says that it’s giving mediators "ample time to pressure the occupation [Israel] into fulfilling its obligations". It says the "door remains open" for the next scheduled releases to go ahead.

The group appears to be giving time for the impasse to be resolved. The question is: what’s the impasse? Is Hamas genuinely complaining that Israel has not lived up to its commitments or is this about something bigger?

It’s worth noting that other Palestinian officials have made similar complaints, for example about Israel’s reluctance to allow caravans into Gaza to house the vast numbers of Palestinians whose homes have been destroyed.

But negotiations on phase two of the ceasefire have still not begun. In the wake of President Trump’s insistence that all Palestinians must leave and that the US intends to take over and redevelop the Gaza Strip, Hamas may be wondering what there is to negotiate about.

It’s too early to say whether this carefully negotiated, staged process is about to collapse - as many have predicted it will - but after a mostly positive start, it’s under increasing strain.