By James Mackenzie, Jana Choukeir and Maha El Dahan
Israel’s military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli hostages and a nearly month-old ceasefire breaks down.
Concern that the ceasefire will collapse is growing as fury mounts in Arab countries over President Donald Trump’s plan for the United States to take over Gaza, resettle its Palestinian inhabitants and build an international beach resort.
A Hamas official said Egypt and Qatar, which together with the United States mediated the ceasefire deal that went into force on January 19, had stepped up efforts to break the impasse and the Palestinian militant group’s Gaza chief, Khalil Al-Hayya, arrived in Cairo to discuss the ceasefire.
Hamas agreed under the ceasefire deal to free three more hostages on Saturday but said this week that it was
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