Hamas’s treatment The hostages he held in captivity in Gaza’s belt is “unbearable”, the American envoy in the Middle East Steve Witkoff said on Thursday, warning that “Trump President will not tolerate it.”
Witkoff spoke in front of the White House the day after the president Donald Trump He met with eight former Washington hits and posted what he called the “last warning” Hamas on his social platform of truth.
“We won’t sit here, not do anything and tolerate such inhumane conditions,” Witkoff said. “They lived in a terrible situation. By the way, who holds dead bodies? Who does it? Who holds people who bonded down? Who kills in front of other hostages? What happened here is unbearable, and this will not tolerate President Trump.”
“We had a wonderful day with hostages yesterday … They experienced treatment all their lives. They had to spend some time with President Trump. And we thought it would be a short time because his day was busy, but he ended up with them for about an hour, with every hostage, pictures, and would spend a lot of time for theirs.
Steve Witkoff, a special envoy of the White House for the Middle East, accompanied by the print secretary of the Karolina Leavitt White House, talks to reporters at the White House in Washington on Thursday, March 6th. (AP/Ben Curtis)
“The president was pretty blunt,” Witkoff added. “It’s time for Hamas to start acting in a responsible and reasonable way. And we don’t think they did it.”
However, on Thursday, the Palestinian Terrorist group rejected Trump’s latest threat and refused to release more Israeli hostages without a permanent dedication agreement in Gaza’s belt.
A spokesman for Hamas Abdel-Llatif al-Qanunou said he was “the best path to release the remaining Israeli hostages” through the negotiations on the second phase of the tribute agreement.
The first phase of the truce, which lasted 42 days, ended on Saturday. The second phase was supposed to start in early February, although only limited preparatory conversations have been held so far.
“” Shalom Hamas “means greeting and goodbye – you can choose,” Trump said on Wednesday. “Release all the hostages now, not later, and immediately return all the dead bodies of the people you killed, or it’s over for you.”
Trump added that “Sending Israel Everything you need to finish the job, “and that” no Hamas member will be sure if you do not say it as I say.
Israeli hostage Avera Menongist and Tal Shoham are trimmed by Palestinian Hamas fighters while standing on stage during release in Rafah in southern Gazi on February 2nd. They masked for militants who parade Tal Shoham and Avera Menongist on stage in the southern city of Rafa. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Also, people from Gaza: A wonderful future awaits, but not if you keep hostage,” the president wrote. “If you do, you are dead! Get a smart decision. Get rid of hostages now or will be hell pay later!”
Fox News’ Stephen Sorace and Associated Press contributed to this report.
