Disarm... or all hell will break loose

Netanyahu issues stark warning to Hamas amid fears of peace deal collapse

- BY CHRIS HUGHES & DAN WARBURTON

ISRAEL has warned of devastating consequences if Hamas does not disarm as was demanded in the peace deal.

A row over the identity of a body returned to Israel has also threatened to shatter the fragile peace agreement.

Hamas handed over the remains of an unknown Gazan in place of one of the kidnapped Israelis, security officials claim.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that under the conditions of Donald Trump's plan “all hell breaks loose” if Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons.

Mr Netanyahu added: "I hope we can do this peacefully. We're certainly ready to do so. First, Hamas has to give up its arms.

"And second, you want to make sure that there are no weapons factories inside Gaza [and that] there's no smuggling of weapons into Gaza. That's demilitarisation." US President Mr Trump said: “Hamas are going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them.”

In the handover from Hamas, four bodies were returned, three of which have been confirmed as Israeli hostages.

EXAMINATIONS

After examinations by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Israel claimed one does not match any of the hostages who were captured during the October 7 attack in 2023 which triggered the war in Gaza.

The remaining three bodies were identified as 35-year-old Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi, 20, and Eitan Levi, 53.