US President Donald Trump warned on Monday that “all hell will get away” if Hamas doesn’t launch the remaining hostages by Saturday.
US President Trump then issued the Saturday deadline for Hamas toes launch the remaining hostages.
“If the entire hostages aren’t returned by Saturday at 12 o’clock,” he mentioned, including, “all bets are off and let hell get away. I would say they should be returned by 12 o’clock on Saturday. And if they are not returned, all of them, not in dribs and drabs, not two and one and three and 4 and two.”
Trump did depart room for departure from the deadline.
“I am talking for myself. Israel can override it. However from myself, Saturday at 12 o’clock, and if they are not, they are not right here, all hell goes to interrupt out,” Trump mentioned.
The risk adopted Egypt’s rejection on Monday of “any compromise” that will violate Palestinians’ rights, in an announcement issued after Overseas Minister Badr Abdelatty’s assembly together with his US counterpart in Washington.
“Hamas will discover out what I imply,” he mentioned reacting to the query concerning the nature of the retaliation to Hamas’s failure to ship at a information briefing within the Oval Workplace, which is more and more changing into the norm.
Of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, 73 stay in captivity, whereas Israel has confirmed the deaths of 34. The remaining have been freed throughout a six-week ceasefire, with hostages exchanged for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The latest launch befell final Saturday, when Hamas freed the remaining hostages in trade for 183 Palestinian prisoners.
(With IANS inputs)
