Live: Israel delays release of 602 Palestinian prisoners

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Jordan could face cuts to US aid if it refuses to accept displaced Palestinians, reported Reuters.

On Tuesday, Trump reaffirmed his plan for the United States to seize control of Gaza and permanently displace its residents despite strong opposition from Washington’s Arab allies, including Jordan.

Meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House, Trump made it clear he would not back down from his vision of taking over Gaza, forcing out its traumatised population, and redeveloping the devastated territory.

“We're going to take it. We're going to hold it. We're going to cherish it,” Trump said in the Oval Office, saying his plan would “bring peace” to the region and create jobs in the Middle East.

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to open “the gates of hell” on Gaza after Hamas said it would suspend the release of captives after Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Smotrich said that Israel must cut off electricity, water, fuel, and humanitarian aid, calling for a full occupation of Gaza and the forced removal of its entire population - aligning with US President Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal, Haaretz reported.

Smotrich, who has long opposed negotiations, criticised the captives deal, describing it as a “bad agreement” that has emboldened Hamas. “We have all the international backing we need. Give the order,” he told Netanyahu.

When asked about Israel annexing the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that the West Bank is "going to work out”.

His remarks were made during a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel will resume its military assault on Gaza if Hamas does not release captives by noon on Saturday, effectively ending the current ceasefire.

Following a four-hour cabinet meeting, Netanyahu stated that he had ordered Israeli forces to mobilise “inside and around the Gaza Strip”, signalling preparations for a further assault.

His remarks came after Hamas announced it would halt further captive releases, accusing Israel of violating the agreement by carrying out deadly attacks and obstructing aid deliveries to Gaza.

Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, has dismissed US President Donald Trump's proposal for the expulsion of two million Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan, arguing that they should be forced to relocate to "more distant countries" instead, Haaretz reported.

Edelstein said that Israel would not impose on neighbouring states what Lebanon had experienced, particularly nations with which it maintains formal peace agreements. “We’re not solving a problem by creating a bigger one,” he said.

Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron has confirmed that 19-year-old Abdullah Murad Hussein Faroukh succumbed to critical injuries after being shot by Israeli forces during a raid on the town of Sa’ir in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that two others, a 22-year-old man and a 10-year-old girl, were also wounded by live ammunition as Israeli forces stormed the town and confronted local residents.

The United Nations estimates that more than $53bn will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and address the dire humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s war on Gaza.

According to the UN, $20bn will be required within the first three years alone to begin recovery efforts in the devastated territory.

“While a full assessment remains impossible under current conditions, this interim evaluation underscores the immense scale of reconstruction and humanitarian needs in Gaza,” UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said in a report quoted by AFP. 

The architect of Israel's so-called Generals' Plan to depopulate northern Gaza has described the country's war in the enclave as an "absolute failure".

The original plan, also known as the Eiland Plan after its creator Giora Eiland, a retired major general and former head of the Israeli National Security Council, was seen by Palestinians and rights groups as part of a long-term project of ethnic cleansing that would result in the restablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza.

However, writing in a comment piece for Ynet, Eiland said that Israel had failed to achieve its aims in Gaza.

"Israel has failed in three-and-a-half out of the four goals of the war: we have not demolished Hamas’ military power; we have not overthrown Hamas’ rule; we are not managing to return the residents... safely to their homes [in Israel], and as for the return of the abductees, the fourth goal – we have partially succeeded," he wrote. 

He claimed Hamas had, conversely, "achieved all of its goals, chief among them: continuing its rule in Gaza."

Read more: Architect of so-called Generals' Plan admits Israel's 'absolute failure' in Gaza

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said Hamas should be threatened with a gradual annexation of the Gaza Strip should any Israeli captives be harmed.

“The way to protect the [captives] is to inform Hamas that for every one of our kidnapped, God forbid, if something happens to them - we will apply sovereignty to five percent of the Gaza Strip on that day,” Smotrich said, speaking at the Institute for Haredi Strategy and Policy on Monday.

“Another kidnapped, another 5 percent; another kidnapped, another 5 percent; we have backup for that.”

Smotrich hinted that US President Donald Trump endorses the idea, adding that they should also cut off the flow of humanitarian aid to the war-torn Palestinian enclave.

“President Trump said tonight that the state of Israel can and should issue an unequivocal ultimatum: either the kidnapped are returned by Saturday, all of them without exception, or the gates of hell are opened,” the minister added.

Read more: Smotrich threatens to 'apply sovereignty' in Gaza if Israeli captives are harmed

Donald Trump and Jordan's King Abdullah II are set to have a tense meeting at the White House on Tuesday, as the US president continues to insist that the Hashemite kingdom must accept forcibly ejected Palestinians as part of Trump's plans to "own" Gaza. 

Last week, Trump doubled down on plans to forcibly expel Palestinians from the enclave and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East", with the US taking over the territory and owning it.  

He has repeatedly stated that Jordan and Egypt will take in Palestinians from Gaza - an idea that Amman and Cairo have flatly rejected. 

On Monday, the president suggested that he could deny aid to Jordan and Egypt if they didn't accept his proposal. 

“If they don’t agree, I would conceivably withhold aid,” he said, ahead of the meeting with King Abdullah. 

Read more: Jordan's King Abdullah set for tense meeting with Donald Trump

Yemen's Houthis are ready to launch attacks on Israel if it does not commit to the ceasefire deal, the group's leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi has said in a televised speech.

The Houthis have attacked global shipping in the Red Sea for over a year, as an act of solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli bombardment. 

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has warned that the forcible expulsion of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is "escalating at an alarming pace", with Israel displacing 40,000 people in recent weeks. 

On 21 January, Israel launched a large-scale assault on the northern occupied West Bank, just days after the Gaza ceasefire began. The military started in Jenin and its surrounding areas, killing 25 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The offensive expanded to Tulkarm on 27 January, where five Palestinians were killed. On 2 February, Israel launched another operation in Tamoun and the Fara'a camp in Tubas, withdrawing from Tamoun after a week but continuing its offensive in Fara'a.

Israeli forces are particularly targeting refugee camps, including those in Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas, putting an already vulnerable population at risk.

Unrwa on Monday said several refugee camps have been "nearly emptied of their residents", adding that this is the longest campaign in the territory since the 2000-2005 Second Intifada. 

Read more: UN says 40,000 displaced in West Bank as Israel accused of readying annexation

On 31 January, representatives of nine countries convened in The Hague, Netherlands, to declare a global alliance, named The Hague Group, to hold Israel accountable under international law. 

It was a historic precedent, marking the first such initiative since the Nakba and the establishment of Israel to coordinate state action to prevent violations of international law committed against the Palestinian people.

The founding members of the group are Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa.

Some of these states have already taken major steps over the past 15 months to defend and enforce international law.

South Africa, for example, brought a landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague for alleged violations of the Genocide Convention in Gaza. 

Several states in the coalition have later joined South Africa’s case at the ICJ, including Bolivia, Colombia and Namibia.

Additionally, Namibia and Malaysia blocked ships carrying arms to Israel from docking at their ports, while Colombia halted coal exports to Israel. Colombia and Bolivia also recalled their ambassadors from Israel to protest its devastating war on Gaza. 

Read more: What is The Hague Group?

Israeli authorities are obstructing more medical evacuations from the Rafah crossing to the south, including patients who had previously received security clearances, Al Jazeera reported, citing the health ministry in Gaza.

“Among today’s list of patients is a 16-year-old child with cancer who was refused travel, and the companion of another cancer patient was also refused travel,” the ministry said.

It added that under 150 people were set to be medically evacuated as part of the ceasefire agreement, but only 53 will be able to travel today.

According to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, at least 110 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, including those whom Israel denied the right to travel abroad for treatment.

These victims include both new fatalities, killed directly by the Israeli army in #Gaza, and individuals who succumbed to their prior injuries after Israel denied the right to travel abroad for treatment. Additionally, 901 Palestinians have been injured since the ceasefire,… pic.twitter.com/3SCDvohhcD

— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) February 11, 2025

The health ministry in Gaza said it recorded 11 more deaths in the past 24 hours, including three newly killed and eight bodies recovered.

Ten people wounded by the Israeli attacks arrived in hospitals during the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement.

This raises the confirmed death toll from Israel's war on Gaza since 7 October to at least 48,219 with 111,665 others wounded.

The Government Media Office in Gaza estimates the total death toll at 61,709, as thousands of missing individuals are now presumed dead.