Jerusalem/Cairo: Israel is preparing to receive the remains of two more hostages from Gaza as US President Donald Trump warned he would consider allowing Israeli forces to resume fighting if Hamas fails to keep to the fragile ceasefire deal.

“Israel will return to those streets as soon as I say the word. If Israel could go in and knock the crap out of them, they’d do that,” Trump told CNN in a brief telephone call when asked what would happen if Hamas refused to disarm.

In a separate move, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the military to prepare a comprehensive plan to “defeat Hamas” in Gaza if the war is renewed, a statement from his office read

The Israeli military said on Thursday AEDT that the Red Cross had received the remains of two more hostages to be returned, b

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