United States President Donald Trump, making them pay “a hell” If they do not immediately release all hostages kidnapped in the Gaza Strip.
“‘Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and goodbye. You can choose,” said the president in a message on his social truth platform in which he added: “Liberate the hostages now or they will have to pay a hell!”
Trump published this message after gathering in the Oval Office of the White House with eight hostages of Hamas that were released, which he promised that he will achieve the release of the rest.
“Release all the hostages now, not later, and immediately return all the bodies of the people who murdered, or it ends for you,” the president threatened in his message.
Trump stressed that he is sending Israel “Everything you need to finish the job” In Gaza and said that “not a single member of Hamas will be safe” if they do not meet this ultimatum.
“This is the last chance!”exclaimed the president, who suggested to the leaders of the Palestinian Islamist group to “make an intelligent decision” or “are dead.”
Trump’s threat comes after the White House confirmed this Wednesday that has “Ongoing conversations and discussions” With the Islamist group to end the war in Gaza, in which there is currently a current truce.
The conversations are unpublished since the United States had never dialogued directly with Hamas, which Washington considers a terrorist organization since 1997.
In a press conference, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, explained that these conversations with Hamas 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 He defended this dialogue approach with Hamas as a possible way to achieve the end of the war in the Gaza Stripwhich has caused the death of more than 48,000 Palestinians and where 59 Israeli hostages still remain, of which more than thirty believe they would 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 the hell “on the Islamist organization in the Gaza Strip.