JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After repeated attempts by Hamas to attack Israel’s positions and violate the ceasefire, and repeated strikes by Israel in response, the terrorist entity has warned US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff that it could end the ceasefire in Gaza, Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya reported on Saturday.
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“The agreement is over and Hamas is ready to fight,” sources told the Saudi outlet, adding that the ceasefire must be mutual and that “Gaza will not become another Lebanon.”
Hamas later that evening stated that Israeli reports that it had told Witkoff that the ceasefire was over were untrue. Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzook also confirmed to the Qatari outlet Al Jazeera Mubasher that the terror group had not ended the ceasefire.
An American source told Israeli internet site Walla that “Hamas has not given up yet, but has made it clear that it will not be able to accept any more Israeli attacks. Gaza will not be Lebanon for them, and I hope we can contain the situation.”
Another source told Walla that “The US is aware of the Israeli attacks and certainly understands Israel’s need to protect its soldiers in Gaza after they were attacked,” adding, “Hamas told us, ‘It is better for us to fight and let a thousand be killed by fire under Israeli attacks than by inaction.'”
Shortly thereafter, Hani al-Dali, an analyst for the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese outlet Al Mayadeen, reported that Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya was heading a Hamas delegation that would arrive in Cairo, Egypt, in the coming hours.
According to Dali, the delegation aims to coordinate with Arab states to bolster the Palestinian position against Israel. The analyst did not mention whether the delegation would address the reported potential ending of the ceasefire.
Earlier, Al Arabiya reported that an IDF strike on Saturday killed Abu Abdullah Al-Hudaydi, the Operations Staff Commander of the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “military” wing of Hamas, in Gaza. The IDF has not yet confirmed the report.
In a statement, however, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced that the military had killed five senior Hamas terrorists on Saturday.
“Today, Hamas violated the ceasefire again, sending a terrorist into Israel held territory to attack IDF soldiers. In response, Israel eliminated five senior Hamas terrorists,” the PMO stated, without mentioning the names of the terrorists or whether Hudaydi was among them.
“Israel has fully honored the ceasefire, Hamas has not,” the PMO continued. “Throughout the ceasefire, dozens of Hamas terrorists have crossed the Israeli lines to attack our troops, while they execute Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”
Here’s what happened today in Gaza:
• A Hamas terrorist crossed the yellow line, using a humanitarian route to carry out an attack against our troops, an extreme violation of the ceasefire agreement.
• Israel provided a high-quality video of this violation.
• Israel… pic.twitter.com/jddJyzFQR8— LTC Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) November 22, 2025
The PMO reiterated its call for mediators to demand that Hamas fulfill its side of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire, noting that the terror group must complete the return of the hostages, three of whom remain in Gaza. It added that Hamas must also finish disarming and allow for Gaza to be demilitarized.
In other developments, terrorists continue to emerge from the tunnels in Eastern Rafah, which are under the Israeli-occupied region in Gaza. Over the last 24 hours, Israel eliminated 11 more terrorists and captured six others, who were taken for interrogation.
17 terrorists killed out of 200? at this rate, they’ll still be killing hamasniks in 2026. what ever happened to the terms of the ceasefire, namely the release of ALL the hostages within 72 hours? and why is hamas still in a position to make demands – where is president trump’s “all hell will break loose”?! israel should be eliminating one hamas leader every 72 hours, for each hostage that has not been returned. as a reminder.
Just mow gaza down and rebuild all Jewish with a flourishing sea port!
All soldiers receive a dunam in gaza to build a home and business as a gesture of our gratitude to our children our soldiers foe risking their lives to defend us.
For those solders that were murdered and not married, their parents should receive this deal.
They deserve it.
Stop kissing the b u t t if our enemies
Manipulative monsters! Baiting our soldiers and driving them to protect themselves, and then running of to complain to Witkoff that the Israelis are violating the ceasefire. The only good Hamas guy is a dead one!!!
Until the last Hamas guy is eliminated, there won’t be peace
this is what they do with every cease fire, the wait till they are re armend and re enforced then start all over again!
The very fact that Hamas still exists and is making statements like this, is a violation of the ceasefire. Weren’t they supposed to disarm and disappear?
Nuke Gaza for once and for all
As if this wasn’t their intention all along. LOL.
FINISH disarming? When did they START disarming?
I TOLD YOU SO. You cannot trust Hamas, they are evil. RABBI
Get the ass out of the ham already will ya
I truly hope this agreement is OVER, it’s not worth the paper it’s written on.
Israel, with the hostages out if the way, can now concentrate on totally eliminating these choleras, once and for all.
Bernhard Rosenberg
I WARNED YOU Hamas ARE SAVAGES AND LIARS. RABBI
hamas was defeated per bibi
Not only is he an evil murderer and corrupt politician he is a dumb moron because Israel was getting paid by Qatar the whole time funneling Hamas military cash and salaries while they trained for October 7. There was no misconceptions by Benyomin Mielkowski or Benzona Gvir they knew exactly what they did when they removed the border guard from Gaza and scheduled that noisy festival.