{"id":2405783,"date":"2025-02-23T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-waltz-demands-hamas-change-its-unacceptable-handling-of-ceasefire-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T21:27:13","slug":"mike-waltz-demands-hamas-change-its-unacceptable-handling-of-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-waltz-demands-hamas-change-its-unacceptable-handling-of-ceasefire-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Waltz demands Hamas change its \u2018unacceptable\u2019 handling of ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-waltz-demands-hamas-change-its-unacceptable-handling-of-ceasefire-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has criticized Hamas for its handling of a\u2064 ceasefire deal with\u200d Israel, stating that their actions are negatively affecting the negotiations. Recently, Hamas released the body of a hostage, Shiri Bibas, after initially\u2064 misidentifying her. Waltz described Hamas&#8217;s behavior\u2062 as &#8220;despicable&#8221; and emphasized that changes must be made immediately,indicating\u2064 that their rule in Gaza is not acceptable. He \u2064also suggested that Hamas&#8217;s\u200c actions could lead to an\u200d extension of the ceasefire, which is currently in its\u200b first phase. Additionally, there are\u200b discussions regarding addressing Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, with Waltz stating that all options are on the table to prevent\u200b Iran from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-a-veteran-who-witnessed-iranian-aggression-heres-why-john-kerrys-behavior-is-so-alarming\/\" title=\"As A Veteran Who Witnessed Iranian Aggression, Here\u2019s Why John Kerry\u2019s Behavior Is So Alarming\">obtaining nuclear weapons<\/a>. The second phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freed-israeli-hostages-say-they-were-held-in-un-camp-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Freed ... say they were held in UN camp - Washington Examiner\">ceasefire deal aims<\/a> \u2063for the \u200bend\u200c of hostilities, the removal of Hamas from Gaza governance, and the\u2064 release of Israeli hostages.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mike Waltz demands Hamas change its &lsquo;unacceptable&rsquo; handling of ceasefire deal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016164\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>National security adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-waltz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Waltz<\/a> slammed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-warns-that-iranian-terrorists-are-planning-to-target-the-olympics-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... warns that Iranian terrorists are planning to target the Olympics, according to the Washington Examiner\">terrorist group&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s handling of a conclusive ceasefire deal between it and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a>, stating that it is &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; impacting the deal&rsquo;s prospects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hamas just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3327084\/shiri-bibas-family-says-her-body-was-returned-by-hamas-six-more-hostages-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">released the body of hostage Shiri Bibas on Saturday<\/a>, which came after the group had released the body of an anonymous Gazan woman and claimed it was the body of Bibas, though forensic intelligence later confirmed it was not. Waltz stated that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is &ldquo;horrified&rdquo; by Hamas&rsquo;s &ldquo;despicable&rdquo; behavior, adding that his administration will see how exactly these recent actions by the terrorist group might affect ceasefire negotiations in the week to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3327084\/shiri-bibas-family-says-her-body-was-returned-by-hamas-six-more-hostages-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SHIRI BIBAS&rsquo;S FAMILY SAYS HER BODY WAS RETURNED BY HAMAS, SIX MORE HOSTAGES RELEASED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hamas needs to change and change yesterday in how it&rsquo;s conducting this,&rdquo; Waltz stated on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s unacceptable. Not just to the Israelis, but the entire world. And I&rsquo;ll tell you, the end goal of Hamas cannot and will not be allowed to rule Gaza going forward, and ever do this again is absolutely also in play.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Waltz also raised the possibility of Hamas&rsquo;s actions creating an &ldquo;extension&rdquo; of the current stage of the ceasefire deal, which is still in its first phase and is set to expire at the start of March. Steve Witkoff, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Middle East<\/a> envoy, stated in an appearance on CNN that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3327536\/us-working-extension-phase-1-israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">such an extension is needed<\/a>, and that he would be traveling to the region this week to negotiate, noting his trip would be &ldquo;probably Wednesday.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">national security adviser added<\/a> that the Trump administration would &ldquo;certainly entertain&rdquo; the possibility of Israel destroying Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program. Waltz stressed that the Middle Eastern country cannot have a nuclear weapon, and &ldquo;all options are on the table&rdquo; to prevent this.<\/p>\n<p>Phase two of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas broadly calls for the end of all hostilities, the terrorist group&rsquo;s permanent removal from governing Gaza, and the release of all remaining living Israeli hostages by Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>&lsquo;s office said on Sunday that Israel is delaying the delivery of 620 Palestinian prisoners and detainees &ldquo;until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016164\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016164\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Waltz criticizes Hamas for its poor ceasefire management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2405784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mike-Waltz-hostages-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13427,3817,50400,32726,38344],"class_list":["post-2405783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ceasefire","tag-diplomacy","tag-hamas-2","tag-middle-east","tag-mike-waltz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mike-Waltz-hostages-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405787,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405783\/revisions\/2405787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}