Israel's prime minister says his country is ready to go back to war in Gaza if negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas collapses.

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, is preparing for a ceasefire agreement to go into effect. In the meantime, he clarifies that his country has the right to resume fighting if necessary.

We will not move forward with the outline until we receive a list of the hostages to be freed, as agreed,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office, as reported by The Times of Israel. “Israel will not tolerate violations of the agreement.