The Israel-Hamas conflict has been going on for over 450 days now, and Hamas has been continuously playing games when it comes to releasing the remaining hostages or even putting out a list of the remaining living ones. They also rejected part of a list of required hostages for a ceasefire deal. At the start of the new year, though, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas that if they don’t release the hostages and do not stop rocket fire on Israel, the IDF will intensify the fighting. He also had a message for “the residents of Gaza.”