It will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone,” the president-elect warned during a press conference in Mar-a-Lago Tuesday.

Donald Trump doubled down on his promise that "all hell will break out" if Hamas-held hostages are not released, warning them they now have a deadline of days. The post Trump Vows ‘All Hell Will Break Out’ If Hamas Hostages Not Released Before He Takes Office: ‘Do I Have To Define It For You?

Trump said several times during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago that "all hell will break out" if Hamas doesn't release hostages.

Donald Trump’s forthright warning that “all hell will break out” if Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists fail to release the remaining Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza marks an important change of direction from the vacillation that defined the Biden administration’s approach.

Three Palestinians were killed, including two children, in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said.

Doha has been hosting negotiations on a ceasefire in the Gaza war that would include freeing hostages that Hamas abducted in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel

Witkoff said that he if did not travel back to Doha to join hostage talks on Tuesday night, he would head there on Wednesday night.

The U.S.-brokered talks, which have been deadlocked for months, involve Biden administration and Trump transition officials and could also involve the release of hostages.

The Israeli military said Friday it had identified the body of a hostage recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza as the son of Yosef Al-Ziyadnah, a hostage whose body was recovered earlier this week.

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ToI's senior analyst eyes the January 20 inauguration and spells out some of Israel's hopes and dreams for the new administration The post What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s wish list for US President-elect Trump appeared first on The Times of Israel.