UN automobiles cross a checkpoint manned by Egyptian and US safety on Salah al-Din street in al-Mughraqa within the central Gaza Strip, on February 10, 2025, throughout a present ceasefire deal within the conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Picture by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Washington, United States – US President Donald Trump set a Saturday deadline for all hostages to be launched from Gaza, saying that in any other case “all hell” would get away and he would name for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to be canceled.
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Describing Hamas’s transfer as “horrible”, Trump instructed reporters within the Oval Workplace that he would “let that be Israel’s resolution” on what ought to in the end occur to the ceasefire.
“However so far as I’m involved, if the entire hostages aren’t returned by Saturday 12 o’clock — I believe it’s an acceptable time — I might say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell get away,” Trump mentioned.
Trump mentioned that “all” the remaining hostages ought to be freed, “not in dribs and drabs, not two and one and three and 4 and two.”
“We would like all of them again. I’m talking for myself. Israel can override it, however for myself, Saturday at 12 o’clock — and in the event that they’re not right here, all hell goes to interrupt out.”
Trump mentioned he would in all probability communicate to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the timeline he had simply proposed.
He didn’t elaborate on what the menace entailed, saying solely that “Hamas will discover out what I imply.” Requested if he was ruling out the potential involvement of US forces, Trump replied: “We’ll see what occurs.”
The US president additionally threatened to halt help to allies Jordan and Egypt in the event that they refuse to soak up Palestinians beneath his controversial plan for america to “take over” Gaza.
“Perhaps,” Trump instructed reporters when requested if he would droop billions of {dollars} in US help.
“In the event that they don’t agree, I might conceivably withhold it.”
Trump is because of meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington this week.
The menace got here after Egypt rejected earlier Monday “any compromise” that may infringe on Palestinians’ rights, in an announcement issued after International Minister Badr Abdelatty met along with his US counterpart in Washington.
Trump earlier mentioned in an interview with Fox Information Channel’s Bret Baier that Palestinians would haven’t any proper of return to Gaza beneath his US takeover plan, which he unveiled in a joint press convention with Netanyahu final week.
“No, they wouldn’t, as a result of they’re going to have significantly better housing,” Trump mentioned when Baier requested if the Palestinians would have the precise to return to the enclave, most of which has been decreased to rubble by Israel’s army since October 2023.
“In different phrases, I’m speaking about constructing a everlasting place for them as a result of in the event that they must return now, it’ll be years earlier than you would ever — it’s not liveable.”
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