Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that if Hamas did not release the remaining 76 hostages the group took during its Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks by noon on Saturday, “all hell is going to break loose.”

But on Friday, again from behind the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, Trump told the Washington Examiner he was reserving judgment about Saturday after Hamas advised Israel it would resume the previously agreed upon hostage release schedule, which is poised to include a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, Sagui Dekel-Chen.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen at 12 o’clock,” Trump told the Washington Examiner. “If it was up to me, I’d take a very hard stance. I can’t tell you what Israel is going to do.”

Trump repeated that any response would depend on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but underscored that Hamas has “totally changed” its position regarding its hostage releases. Last weekend, Hamas announced it was delaying Saturday’s release because of concerns Israel was preventing aid from reaching Gaza and residents from returning to the enclave’s north.

Trump emphasized how the hostages are likely to have been mistreated by Hamas, saying the three Israeli men released two weeks ago appeared as though they “just came out of the Holocaust.”

“I actually think they should release all of the hostages,” he said. “As bad as they look, the ones that follow probably will look a lot worse.”

Trump declined a follow-up question about Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi canceling his meeting at the White House next week over his proposal to “own” Gaza.

Trump made the comments after signing two executive orders before leaving the White House for his Mar-a-Lago private resort and the long President’s Day weekend.

The first executive order ended COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools across the country, including barring federal funds “from being used to support or subsidize an educational service agency, state education agency, local education agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend in-person education programs.”

The second executive order established the National Energy Dominance Council, which will be chaired by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

“We have more energy than any other country, and now we’re unleashing it to put it nicely,” Trump said.