Trump issues the Hamas “last warning” about the Israeli hostage publication

US President Donald Trump has published a “last warning” to publish the hostages in Gaza.

“I send Israel everything it needs to end the job, and not a single Hamas member is safe if you don't do what I say,” said Trump in a long contribution on his social truth.

Hamas accused the US President of having encouraged Israel to break the ceasefire company currently operated between the two sides.

Trump's statement came just a few hours after the White House had confirmed that it held direct discussions with Hamas about the remaining hostages.

Washington has previously avoided direct engagement with the group, and there is a long -term US directive against direct contact to companies that she lists as terrorist organizations.

In his social media contribution, Trump said that there would be “hell to pay” if the hostages were not published without indicating the type of support that he sent Israel.

“Do not leave all hostages later and immediately give back all the corpses of the people who murdered you, or it is over for you,” he added.

“The time is now the time to leave Gaza while you still have a chance.”

He also seemed to spend a more comprehensive threat: “Also to the people in Gaza: a nice future awaited, but not if you hold hostages. If you do it, you are dead!”

Hazem Qassem, spokesman for Hamas, said in an explanation that such threats “the affairs in relation [Israel] To avoid implementing his terms “.

It is not the first time that Trump threatened Hamas. In December he said that there would be “hell to pay” If no hostages were published at the time of his term.

The contribution came after Trump had made a group of hostages in the White House that had recently been published under the ceasefire.

In the meantime, the Press spokeswoman of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed that the USA negotiated directly with Hamas to try to secure the release of the hostages.

Israel was consulted before the talks, she added.

President Trump believed to do what was in the best interest of the American people, Leavitt told reporters.

The work of the special representative for hostages, Adam Boehler, was a “good effort to do the right thing for the American people, she added.

“Two direct meetings” took place between Hamas and a US official, “said a Palestinian source of the BBC.

News about the talks was first reported by AxiosWhat said that the two sides met in Qatar to discuss the publication of the US Geiseln and a wider deal to terminate the war.

The Israeli military started a campaign for the destruction of Hamas in response to an unprecedented border attack on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 as hostage.

Since then, at least 48,440 people have been killed in Gaza in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry of the Territory led by Hamas.

According to Israel, 59 hostages are held in Gaza, with up to 24 assuming that they are alive.

Five US citizens are among the prisoners. One of them, Edan Alexander, is considered lively and the other four are suspected as dead.

Israel's office of this Prime Minister said in a statement that it “expressed its position in relation to the direct conversations”, but had not provided any further information.

Boehler has reportedly met with representatives of Hamas in the Qatarian capital Doha in the past few weeks.

Hamas has had a basis in Doha since 2012, according to reports on the request of the Obama government.

The small but influential state of golf is an important US ally in the region. It houses a large American air base and has handled many delicate political negotiations, including Iran, Taliban and Russia.

In addition to the USA and Egypt, Qatar also played an important role in the talks to convey a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Additional reporting by Bernd Debusmann Jr.