Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is ready to resume the war against Hamas if the second phase of ceasefire talks fails.

In a televised address hours before Sunday’s start, Netanyahu stressed that the ceasefire was “temporary” and that Israel reserved the right to resume attacks on Gaza, backed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Netanyahu also outlined what he called the successes of Israel’s military operations over the past 15 months – including the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

“We have changed the face of the Middle East,” Netanyahu said, adding that Hamas was now “completely isolated.”

The ceasefire will come into effect at 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT).

Ahead of Saturday’s speech, Netanyahu said Israel would not implement the deal until it received a list of hostages to be released by Hamas.

“Israel will not tolerate violations of the agreement,” he said.

Israeli media have announced a detailed list of 33 hostages to be released by Hamas, but this has not yet been confirmed by officials.

But Israeli authorities said they had not yet received the names of the three hostages due to be released on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to carry out airstrikes against what it says are Hamas and Islamic Jihad sites in Gaza – with Hamas officials saying more than 120 people have been killed since the deal was announced on Wednesday.

In the coming weeks, 33 hostages will be released in exchange for 1,890 Palestinian prisoners. Under the terms of the deal, Israel will also begin withdrawing its troops from Gaza.

It was unclear where the first hostages were handed over. A senior Israeli military official said three reception points have been prepared near Gaza’s northern, central and southern borders.

Earlier, a source close to Hamas told AFP that the first three hostages to be released would be women.

Negotiations on the terms of the second phase of the ceasefire are scheduled to begin on the 16th day of the first phase, with a focus on achieving a “permanent end to the war.”

Details of the second phase of the deal remain uncertain, but the remaining hostages, including the men, are expected to be released at this stage as more Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons are freed.

The Israeli army will also fully withdraw from Gaza. It is understood Hamas police – who will be unarmed unless absolutely necessary – will be responsible for managing the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza

The third and final phase will involve the reconstruction of Gaza, which could take years, and the return of the bodies of the remaining hostages.

Friday night, Israeli government approves ceasefire and hostage release deal after hours of discussions.

Two far-right cabinet ministers voted against it, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gwi.

The lengthy structure of the agreement has also caused anxiety and division among the families of the hostages. Some fear relatives will be abandoned in Gaza once the first phase is completed.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to demand that the government abide by the first phase of the ceasefire and ensure the release of more hostages.

“We could have saved the lives of 200 soldiers and more than 10 hostages,” Gal Alkalay, a member of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, told Reuters. She added that people died needlessly because the government “could not save the lives of 200 soldiers and more than 10 hostages.” We can only wait for Trump to make a decision.”

A knife attack near a Tel Aviv restaurant early Saturday left several people injured, Israeli police said. The attacker was reportedly shot dead by a civilian at the scene.

Israeli media said the suspect came to Tel Aviv “illegally” from Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank.

There has been no respite for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire was announced late Wednesday night.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said 123 people have been killed in strikes since then, including dozens of women and children.

On Saturday, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense and relief agency said an attack on a family’s tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least five members, AFP reported.

The Israeli military said it had attacked 100 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters since Thursday afternoon, and they were among several “terror targets” attacked across Gaza, Reuters reported.

The Israeli military launched an operation to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack on October 7, 2023 that killed approximately 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. Hamas was seized by Israel , the United States and other countries have listed it as a terrorist organization.

Since then, some 46,899 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-governed Gaza Health Ministry. Most of the 2.3 million people have also been displaced, causing widespread destruction and severe shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter as aid is difficult to reach those in need.