President Trump directly warned Hamas militants to immediately let go of all hostages that take place in Gaza or face death.
In a glittering post on social networks, Mr. Trump addressed Hamas militants and built himself on a statement he gave in his address to the Congress the night before, when he said that his administration “returned our hostages from Gaza” without giving details.
“Release all hostages now, not later, and immediately return all the dead bodies of the people you killed, or it’s over for you,” ” Published on the truth of Social on Wednesday.
It was the latest example of the use of Mr. Trump’s threat to try to break the obstacles to the desired political goal. Even while warning a militant group, officials said the United States and Hamas held Direct conversations in Qatar About hostages, bypassing separate negotiations that include Hamas and Israel in connection with the terms of the next phase of interrupting fire in Gaza.
The Israeli government said about 25 hostages and remains of more than 30 others are still in Gaza. Mr. Trump, who directed strong threats In their abductors before, they said that militants were “sick and twisted” for body holding.
“I send Israel everything it takes to finish the job, no Hamas member will be sure if you don’t do it as I say it,” Mr. Trump wrote.
“This is your last warning,” he continued, adding that if the group continues with hostages, “you are dead!”
Hamas said in the Telegram app that Mr. Trump’s statement would complicate the effort in the negotiations on the second phase of his agreement on the Proposal of Israel, and that the Israeli government would make it easier not to fulfill his obligations under the agreement. Israel and Hamas are in a standstill during the second phase, which aims to achieve a comprehensive truce that will end the war and release the remaining life hostages.
Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups seized about 250 hostages during the deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, who went to war in Gaza. Palestinian authorities say more than 45,000 Gazans have been killed in the conflict. Military experts say that although the military campaign of Israel weakened Hamas, the group still holds power in gauze.
More than 100 hostages were released during the ceasefire at the end of 2023, and 30 others, with eight persons seized with the bodies seized in the attack, was in the second interruption that began in January. According to the conditions of both premium, Israel published hundreds of Palestinian detainees in exchange.
Mr. Trump’s mail did not mention the exchange of prisoners and did not give details about the military assistance, which he said they were sending her to Israel. But in one possible indication of the administration approach, State Secretary Marco Rubio has called on an “ambulance” to bypass Congress and send $ 4 billion in weapon to Israel. For the second time in the month, the administration skipped the Congress approval procedure for sending weapons to the country.
