“Everyone wants the hostages to return home. Everyone wants this war to end! Israelis accepted my conditions. It is time for Hamas to accept them too,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social social networking site. “I warned Hamas about the consequences of lack of acceptance. This is my last warning, there will be no next!” He added.
The entry was released when Trump was in the audience of the Tennis US Open tournament in New York.
Donald Trump threatens “hellish consequences”
This is another threat of Trump towards the Palestinian terrorist organization; The president was issued on Wednesday. Earlier he announced that the lack of release of hostages would be associated with “hellish” consequences.
On Friday, Trump said that his administration conducts “very deep negotiations with Hamas” to ensure the release of the other Israeli hostages, but warned that this is a difficult situation, because for terrorists hostages are the largest tender.
“When only 10 or 20 people are left, they can't be released, if you don't do a lot, and making a lot means surrender (Hamas),” he said.
According to the Israeli army of 48 people still kept by Hamas, at least 20 are still alive. However, on Friday, Trump suggested that these numbers may be out of date.
– It's 20 people, but I think that among these 20 people there could be people who recently died, at least I heard. I hope this is not true – he told journalists in the White House.
Last month, Hamas accepted the previous offer of mediators from Qatar and Egypt, regarding a 60-day temporary suspension of weapons, in which 10 living hostages would be released in exchange for mass release of Palestinian prisoners. This offer is based on a similar proposal presented in July by a special US envoy Steve Witkoff, originally developed in cooperation with Israel. It is not clear what conditions Trump meant in his post.
