Hamas says it will release hostages as planned — just days after Trump warned ‘hell’ would break out if cease-fire deal collapsed

( NYPost )

Hamas announced Thursday that it would resume freeing Israeli hostages as originally planned — just days after President Trump warned he would “let hell break out” if the terror group didn’t honor its cease-fire deal with Israel.

The terrorist group had earlier said it was suspending the handovers — starting with those planned for Saturday — over what it claimed were Israeli violations of their agreed terms.

However, after repeated warnings from Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas said Thursday it would go ahead with implementing the truce deal — crediting Egyptian and Qatari mediators for helping to “remove all hurdles.”

“We are not interested in the collapse of the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and we are keen on its implementation and ensuring that the occupation [Israel] adheres to it fully,” Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif Al-Qanoua said.

“The language of threats and intimidation used by Trump and Netanyahu does not serve the implementation of the cease-fire agreement,” Qanoua added.

Israel didn’t immediately comment on Hamas’ announcement.

The reversal, which appears — at least for now — to resolve the dispute that threatened to upend the cease-fire, comes after the terrorists accused Israel of failing to meet its obligations to allow in tents and shelters, as well as alleged violations of the truce.

Israel, with the support of Trump, immediately threatened to renew its offensive if the hostages weren’t released as planned.

“As far as I’m concerned, if all of the hostages aren’t returned by Saturday at 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,” Trump warned on Monday.

“I’d say they ought to be returned by 12 o’clock on Saturday. And if they’re not returned — all of them, not in dribs and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two — by Saturday at 12 o’clock. And after that, I would say, all hell is going to break out.”

Trump didn’t rule out sending US troops to the region — telling reporters “we’ll see what happens.”

Meanwhile, Netanyahu said his country would resume “intense fighting” if Hamas did not meet the deadline.

“We will continue to take determined and ruthless action until we return all of our hostages — the living and the deceased,” he said.