Vashington Shington – President Donald Trump issued a “last warning” on Wednesday Hamas to release all the rest of the hostages held in GazaAfter confirmed by the White House, an intense word directed that he recently sent an angel for unprecedented direct negotiations. Terrorist group.
Immediately after meeting at the White House with eight former hostages, in a statement on his truth social platform, Trump added that he was “sending everything needed to complete the job.”
Trump said, “Release all the next hostages, and immediately return all the bodies of the people you have killed, or it is over for you.” “Only sick and distorted people keep the body, and you are sick and distorted!”
The White House said on Wednesday after Trump’s pointed language has come from Trump that US officials are engaged in “ongoing negotiations and discussions” with Hamas officials, not a long -lasting US. Away from policy Directly associated with the terrorist group.
Confirmation of negotiations in the Qatari capital of Doha Israel-Hamas remains in a ceasefire balance. The state department is the first known direct engagement between the United States and Hamas after the group appointed a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
White House Press Secretary Carolin Livit refused to give details on the object of negotiation, but the President said Force His angels are authorized to “talk to someone”. Egyptians and Qatari mediators in U.S. And served as intermediaries with Hamas for Israel, as the group attacked Israel on 7 October, 2023, which began the war.
He said, “Talk to people around the world to do what is in the best interests of the American people and talk is something that is the President … believe that it is a goodwill attempt to do what is right for American people.”
Livit added that Israel has been consulted on direct engagement with Hamas officials, and noted that “American life is at stake.”
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave vague acceptance of the US-Hamas negotiations. The Prime Minister’s Office said that Israel has expressed its position in the United States regarding direct talks with Hamas.
Israeli officials say that the bodies of Eden Alexander, an American citizen – as well as at least 35 others, are still believed to be held in Gaza.
Trump’s distinguished Adam Bohler directly negotiated with Hamas, who became a special envoy to Trump’s hostages. Bohler, the founder of the healthcare investment firm Rubican founders and CEO, was the main negotiator in the Abraham Accords team during Trump’s first term, who tried to win Israel’s widespread validity in the Arab world.
The negotiations held last month were mainly focused on the introduction of American hostages, and the potential end of a Hamas war in power in Gaza, according to a Hamas official, who did not have the right to comment in public and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The official added that there was no progress but the “step itself is promising” and is expected to negotiate more. Egyptians and Qatari mediators helped to manage.
There is a direct engagement because it is uncertain to continue the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Trump has indicated that if Hamas does not agree to the terms of the new ceasefire proposal, Netanyahu has no intention of returning from the fight, which Israeli is billed by US envoy Steve Witcoff.
In the new plan, Hamas will need to release half of its hostages – the main bargaining chip of the terrorist group – in exchange for the expansion of the ceasefire and in exchange for the promise of permanent combat negotiations. Israel has not mentioned the release of more Palestinian prisoners, which is the main component of the first phase.
Trump on Wednesday welcomed eight former hostages – Ir Horn, Omar Sham Tov, Eli Sharabi, Keith Sigel, Aviva Sigel, Nama Levi, Doron Steinbretcher and Noa Argamani – the White House.
“The President deliberately heard his heartbreaking stories,” Livit said. “Thanked President Trump for his persistent efforts to bring hostages to all hostages.”
Keith Sigel, an Israeli-American Published last month as part of a ceasefireHe said he came to the White House to express his praise for Midiest angel Trump and Vitcoff.
“We urged them to continue their overwhelming efforts. They have done a lot. We trust them and we know that they will work to bring back the remaining 59 hostages in Gaza, “he said in a statement.
The negotiations between us and the Hamas officials were initially reported by the news site Axios on Wednesday.
The White House Press Secretary, Levit, is one of the three administrative officers who face a lawsuit from the Associated Press on the first and fifth-modification grounds. AP It is said that all three are punishing for editorial decisions that oppose the news agency. The White House says AP is not following the executive order to identify the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of the United States.
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Magdi reported from Cairo.
