Welcome to the NewsHour. The fate of the ceasefire in Gaza appears fragile tonight.

After Israel today threatened to restart the war unless Hamas releases all Israeli hostages by Saturday.

The overall fate of Gaza was the focus of an Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Jordan's King Abdullah,

in which Trump vowed to, quote, take the

enclave.

Nick Schifrin reports.

Tonight on the outskirts of Gaza, Israeli troops are once again preparing for war.

Hamas is threatening to delay an upcoming hostage release because it says Israel is withholding

tents.

So today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replied with his own threat.

If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end,

and the military will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated.

The Hamas-Israel agreement facilitated by the Biden and Trump administrations called for the gradual release of hostages over months.

The new deadline was first set by President Trump after he saw the condition of released Israeli

hostages.

They are emaciated.

They look like Holocaust survivors.

So I don't want to do two, and then we do another two in another week, and then we do four

and three weeks now.

They either have them out by Saturday at 12 o'clock or all bets are off.

Trump spoke in the Oval Office with Jordanian King Abdullah and reiterated his vision of U.S.

ownership over Gaza.

...