Julie Platt, Chair of the Board of Jewish Federations of North America, and Eric Fingerhut, President & CEO, released the following statement in response to Hamas’s threat to break the ceasefire deal:
 

With the undeniable evidence of the criminal mistreatment of the hostages, and Hamas’s new threat to stop releasing hostages, Jewish Federations of North America thank President Trump for taking a strong position against this reprehensible threat.

We cannot stand idly by while a terrorist group continues to hold innocents in horrific conditions, in violation of both international law and all norms of human decency.

Hamas must release the hostages now.