President Donald Trump has presented Hamas a terrible threat after the White House had confirmed direct conversations with the group as part of an attempt to finally guarantee the release of American hostages and bodies of the deceased.
'Shalom Hamas' means hello and goodbye – you can choose. Now release all hostages, not later, and immediately give all the dead bodies back from the people you have killed, or it's over, “Trump wrote on his social social site.
'Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted! I send Israel everything it needs to finish the job, no Hamas member will be safe if you don't do what I say. I just met your former hostages whose life you have destroyed. This is your last warning! '
'For leadership this is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance. Also wait for the people of Gaza: a wonderful future, but not if you keep hostages. If you do that, you're dead! Make a smart decision. Let go of the hostages now, or there will be hell to pay later! '
Trump gave similar warnings last month and said that there would be 'hell' to pay if the group that the US government classified as a terrorist organization did not send home hostages.
Trump's angry threat came hours after a report that the administration had secret conversations with Hamas in an attempt to seize American hostages during the bloody terror attack of 7 October on Israel.
President Donald Trump Trump gave Hamas a terrible warning in the midst of conversations to take home an American hostage and bodies from the deceased
The White House said that the American hostage issues Adam Boehler had the authority to talk directly to Hamas, despite the long -standing policy against negotiation with designated terrorist organizations.
The two parties met in Doha, where earlier stop fire and hostages had taken place, the intestine not directly between the parties. Instead, us and Israeli negotiators had negotiated through Arabic leaders of third parties.
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed those conversations when they were asked.
The White House would not say whether conversations also related to Trump's indicated plan to rebuild and take over Gaza
Trump met hostages in the White House on Wednesday
'First of all, the special envoy who deals with this negotiation has the authority to talk to someone. Israel was consulted on this issue. And look – dialogue and talking to people around the world to do what is in the best interest of the American people, is something that the American people, “she said.
She would not answer immediately if he was asked if the conversations also related to Trump's plan to rebuild Gaza and to take over in a plan called Gaza-Lago critics.
“These are constant conversations and discussions. I am not going to describe them in detail here, these are American lines at stake. '
On 11 February, Trump warned: 'All Hell will loosen' if the group had not released all remaining hostages that week.
A few days later, Hamas released the American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36 and two other hostages.
Edan Alexander van Tenafly, New Jersey, is considered the last living American hostage, in a test that went beyond 500 days. He appeared in a Hamas propaganda video in November 2024. Israel says that four other American hostages died in captivity.
Israel says that there are 24 living hostages, together with the bodies of 35 others.
The threats come days after State Secretary Marco Rubio called on 'Emergency Authority' to send an extra $ 4 billion in security aid to Israel.
Trump also met hostages who were released from captivity on Wednesday.
“Today, President Trump took the time to meet eight of the released hostages from Gaza. The president listened carefully to their heartbreaking stories. The hostages thanked President Trump for his steadfast efforts to bring all hostages home, “said press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
They were Iir Horn, Omer Shem TOV, Eli Sharabi, Keith Siegel, Aviva Siegel, Naama Levy, Doron Steinbrecher and Noa Argamani.
