The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has threatened Hamas to send the Israel government “everything he needs” in the event that he does not free all the hostages retained in the Gaza Strip “immediately.” “I will send Israel everything you need to finish the job; not a single member of Hamas will be safe if you do not do what I tell you. I just met with ancient hostages, whose lives you have destroyed. This is a last warning,” he said in a message posted in Truth Social.
In this sense, Trump has affirmed that the Islamist group “can choose”. “Release all hostages now, not later, and return all the bodies of the people you have murdered or everything will have ended for you. Only sick and twisted people retain bodies,” he added. Similarly, he has urged the leaders of the Islamist group to “leave Gaza as long as they can.”
“For the people of Gaza: a brilliant future awaits you, but not if you retain hostages. If you do you are dead. Take an intelligent decision,” he said. Later, the White House has pointed out in a statement that the US president has met with eight hostages released. “The president carefully listened to his heartbreaking stories. The hostages thanked his firm effort to bring them home,” he added.
The Gaza Strip Government, controlled by Hamas, has condemned the statements of the US president because “they give strength to (Israeli prime minister, Benjamin) Netanyahu to continue committing his crimes against” the Palestinian enclave. Also, from the group’s political bureau they say they are waiting for “any change in the thought of the US administration”, which they have asked “to take a serious step in (their) deal with Hamas.”
In a message that the newspaper has echoed FilmHamas has reiterated its support for the, and that includes rebuilding the strip, as well as its commitment to the high the fire “agreed with Israel.” We expect the beginning of the negotiations of the second phase, “they added. The Banca house has said no to this plan and maintains its commitment to the forced displacement of the population.
Unpublished direct conversations with Hamas
Donald Trump’s new threat comes after the White House confirmed that he maintains “ongoing conversations and discussions” with the Islamist group to end the war in Gaza. The conversations are unpublished, since the United States had never directly talked with Hamas, which Washington considers a terrorist organization since 1997.
In a press conference, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, explained that these conversations are led by the presidential envoy for Hostages, Adam Boehler, and that they have taken place with the knowledge of Israel, which was consulted in this regard.
The spokeswoman defended this approach as a possible way to achieve the end of the war in the Gaza Strip, which has caused the death of more than 48,000 Palestinians and where 59 Israeli hostages still remain, of which more than thirty are believed to have died. On February 11 Trump had already assured that if Hamas did not resume the exchange of hostages before Saturday 15 he was going to open hell “on the organization.
