President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House. (Photo: AP)

US President Donald Trump Saturday claimed that Israel has paused its bombardment of Gaza “in order to give the Hostage release and Peace Deal a chance to be completed”, warning “Hamas must move quickly, or else all bets will be off”.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “I appreciate that Israel has temporarily stopped the bombing in order to give the Hostage release and Peace Deal a chance to be completed. Hamas must move quickly, or else all bets will be off.”

Earlier on Friday, Hamas agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip. However, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on

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