In a message on social networks Truth, Trump ordered Hamas to return “immediately” the hostages and bodies that are retainingstressing that this was the “Final warning.”
US President Donald Trump made a “Last notice” to Hamas to free the hostages he keeps in Gaza, threatening the Palestinian Islamite movement that otherwise leaves Israel “finish work” No enclave.
Trump’s threats were made a few hours after the White House confirmed that the United States maintained direct contacts with Hamas, which Washington catalogs as a terrorist organization, indicating that Israeli authorities were consulted about these conversations related to the next phase of ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
In a message in , Trump ordered Hamas to return “immediately” the hostages and bodies that are retainingstressing that this was the “Final warning.”
“I will send to Israel everything they need to finish the work, no Hamas member will be safe if they do not do what I say,” he said.
“As for the (Hamas) leaders, it is now the time to leave Gaza while they can still,” he said.
Extended the threats to itself “People of Gaza“: “If they hide hostages, they are dead.”
“Make an intelligent decision. Liberate the hostages now, or there will be hell to pay later,” Trump said.
Washington’s direct dialogue with Hamas, revealed by the ‘Axios’ website, was confirmed by White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt, which justified this approach with Hamas with the attempt to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
Leavitt reported that the American special envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, “is involved in these negotiations” and that, in that extent, “has the authority to talk to anyone”also indicating that the Israeli part was consulted.
According to Axios, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations, the meetings between Boehler and Hamas representatives have taken place in Doha in recent weeks.
Hamas has already confirmed these contacts and Israel has also corroborated Washington’s consultations in this regard.
As negotiations focused on the release of American hostages in possession of HamasAlthough a broader deal has also been discussed to free all those who are still detained in the Gaza Strip and an understanding to end the war, according to the sources cited by the axios.
A confirmation comes after the Palestinian group rejected the US proposal, One of the three mediating countries in negotiations to extend the first phase of the agreement until the end of Ramadão in exchange for the release of the other hostages.
Israel also confirmed that having received information from the Washington dialogue with Hamas.
Israel promised to destroy Hamas and launched a devastating offensive in the Gaza Strip, after the attack on violence and unprecedented scale held on October 7, 2023 by Combatants of the Palestinian Islamite Group, who introduced themselves into the southern Israeli territorywhere they made more than 1,200 dead and 250 hostages.
The Israeli retaliation operation at the Palestinian enclave caused in turn over 48,000 dead, In most civilians, according to local authorities controlled by Hamas, and plunged the territory into a severe humanitarian crisis.
After 15 months of war that destroyed much of the Gaza, Israel and Hamas Strip reached a ceasefire agreement, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, whose first phase came into force on January 19 and ended on Saturday.
During the first phase, Hamas delivered 33 hostages and Israel released about 1,800 Palestinians from their chains.
Israelite authorities require “Total Demilitarization” From the Gaza Strip, the departure of Hamas from the territory and the recovery of the last hostages before moving on to the second phase.
O Hamas refuses to accept the next step, which should lead to a permanent ceasefireand insists on remaining in the Gaza Strip, where it took power in 2007. A third phase should be dedicated to the reconstruction of the enclave.
