Netanyahu's announcement comes one hour before the ceasefire deadline.
The hours-long delay in implementing the Gaza ceasefire agreement is not a good omen for a deal that many fear could be doomed to failure as it moves through its challenging three phases.
As the deal that Israel and Gaza reached involving a cease-fire and hostage release agreement made international headlines, pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian student groups on university campuses reacted to the news, with pro-Israel groups focusing their messaging on the hostages set to be freed and pro-Palestinian groups proclaiming that a cessation in fighting would not signal an end to their advocacy work.
Three hostages were handed over to Israeli forces — the first of 33 expected to be freed over the next six weeks in exchange for some 1,900 Palestinians.