An Israeli minister has revealed that he will oppose the second phase of the hostage release deal with Hamas and claims that the 'weakness' signals'.
DiaSpora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli told Sunday against a meeting of Jewish-American leaders that he intended to push back against the deal of Israel with Hamas because of the price that the nation will have to pay.
“I will oppose the second phase of the deal in the government, just as I did the first,” he told the conference of presidents of major American Jewish organizations.
“This deal means weakness. I can't vote for the next terror victims, he added.
“This deal includes the release of 700 terrorists – terror experts with records of dozens of attacks that hundreds of Israelis have killed and wounded thousands,” he said.
“These are the same terrorists who are responsible for the second Intifada and for other serious attacks.”
Chikli refused to follow his comments, which came when Hamas sent a hair -raising message by 'treasuring' one of the hostages released, an hourglass with a photo of a kidnapped Israeli man who is still being held in Gaza and the words' time r Is about '.
The disturbing offer was given to the Israeli Argentinian Yair Horn, 46, which was released on Saturday morning next to the Israeli Sagui Dekui-Chen and the Israeli-Russian Sasha Troufanov, 29.
An image of Matan Tsengauker, 25, who was abducted from his house in Kibbutz Nir Oz, and one of his mother, also under the hourglass, which was prominently placed by a Hamas terrorist on an improvised stage.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (photo) told a meeting of Jewish-American leaders on Sunday said he intended to push back against the deal of Israel with Hamas
Hostage released IIIr Horn, who was seized during the fatal attack on October 7, 2023 by Hamas, with his family in Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) in Tel Aviv, Israel, obtained in this handout image on February 15, 2025
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, present Israeli hostage agent Yair Horn with an hourglass with the photo of one of the hostages, Matan Tsengauker and his mother, and the words' time is up
The hourglass is a symbol that is repeatedly used in videos 'proof of life' videos released by Hamas van de Gijzelaars.
His mother, Einav, said last September that she believed that her son was living and was held alongside ten other living hostages.
The three men were released by Hamas in exchange for 369 Palestinian prisoners, in the midst of concern that it would collapse -the fire before the sixth of such exchange could take place.
After the release of the hostages, the Palestinian prisoners were released – brought to the hospital with four because of their 'critical health status', according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Israel and Hamas each accused the other of the breaking of the cease -the 19 January, where the Palestinian group said that releases would pause in response -and Israel who threatens the resumption of the war in the Gaza Strip.
But on Friday, both parties indicated that the hostage release would continue planned for Saturday.
On Saturday morning, dozens of Hamas hunters in the most important southern city of Khan Yunis stood around a stage with the logo of the armed wing of the group, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
Sources from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said that the groups had used around 200 militants for the transfer ceremony.
Hamas presented Israeli hostages Yair Horn with an hourglass and a photo of one of the hostages that are still being held, Matan Tsengauer and his mother, with the words' Time is gone.
An al-Qassam Brigades Soldaat unpacks the hourglass with a message presented to Yair Horn
They were held by Gaza terrorists since Hamas's attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel who fueled the war.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club Advocacy Group said that Israel would release 369 prisoners in exchange, 24 of which would be deported.
The vast majority, 333 people, are “prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after 7 October,” the group said.
After the crisis that seemed to bring the ceasefire to a breaking point, Hamas said on Friday that the conversations were expected in a second phase of cease -the fire would start early next week.
