Trump offers Hamas ‘final warning’ to launch hostages or ‘there might be hell to pay’

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Donald Trump issued a stark warning that the U.S. would assist destroy Hamas if leaders of the militant group didn’t go away Gaza and launch their remaining Israeli hostages.

“Launch the entire Hostages now, not later, and instantly return the entire useless our bodies of the individuals you murdered, or it’s OVER for you,” Trump wrote on Reality Social on Wednesday.

“I’m sending Israel every little thing it wants to complete the job, not a single Hamas member might be protected should you don’t do as I say,” he added, telling the group his submit was a “final warning.”

Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz had an identical message earlier this week, telling Hamas, “The gates of Gaza might be locked, and the gates of hell will open.”

The feedback got here because the preliminary stage of a ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas struggle expired over the weekend.

The U.S. has referred to as on Hamas to simply accept an extension of the primary stage, involving hostage releases, whereas Hamas has sought to barter different questions such because the post-war governance of Hamas.

Within the meantime, Israel has paused assist getting into into Gaza and threatened the militant group with “extra penalties” if it doesn’t come round to the U.S. proposal.

Israel’s determination to chop off assist to the already besieged civilian inhabitants of Gaza has prompted worldwide criticism from the UK, France and Germany.

International ministers from the three nations mentioned in a press release on Wednesday that assist “ought to by no means be contingent on a ceasefire or used as a political instrument”.

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