Trump Threatens to Unleash “Hell” if Hamas Doesn’t Release Hostages by January 20th
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to unleash “hell” in the Middle East if hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are not released before his inauguration on January 20th. The Hill has more.
In a post on his social media site, Truth Social, Trump demanded the hostages be released before his inauguration or that there will be “ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East” against the perpetrators.
“Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!” he wrote in the post.
The President-elect’s statement follows confirmation Monday that American Israeli Omer Neutra, who was believed to be alive and held hostage in Gaza, was killed during Hamas’s October 7th attack but that his body has been held captive by the U.S.-designated terrorist organisation.
“Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East – but it’s all talk, and no action!” Trump wrote.
Biden has committed to renewing diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas before leaving office. The administration has said Hamas is the main obstacle to achieving a ceasefire deal, but critics of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blame him for rejecting proposals to draw down Israel’s military presence in the Gaza Strip.
In September, Biden said Netanyahu was not doing enough to achieve a deal to bring the hostages home.
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What sort of hell is he thinking of? How many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians has Israel murdered since 7th October? How much of Gaza have the Israeli bombs and bulldozers destroyed? (Northern Gaza is already being sold off to construction companies to rebuild and in turn sell off to Jewish settlers.) How many Palestinian men, women and children are starving to death? Are any hospitals still functioning in Gaza? Are Israeli snipers still targeting children there? Are (not only) children still having arms and legs amputated without anaesthetics? 14 months on and has any Israeli actually conducted any negotiations to have hostages released or does Israel regard assassinating Hamas leaders and negotiators to be their prime method of dealing with the situation? There is no further hell that Donald Trump can unleash. He can only continue the carnage until every Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank has been killed or displaced, thus finally granting Israel what Netanyahu has been trying to achieve for 30 years: Greater Israel, Arab free from the river to the sea. Sadly Donald Trump’s campaign has received so many millions from his many Zionist supporters that he will continue, as does the US Congress,… Read more »
Hamas can stop all this. Just release the hostages.
And total surrender
Hamas took hostages to force Israel to negotiate better living conditions. If Hamas were now to release hostages (assuming there are any which have survived Israel’s attacks and food and medical restrictions), what would happen to them (Hamas)? Instant death, I assume, which is why a release is probably unlikely. What is the solution? I have no idea but ruling out negotiations from day 1 was not a good approach.
Gaza was an autonomous region handed over with infrastructure intact in 2006.
Hamas dug up water pipes and sewer pipes to use as rockets to fire into Israel. It terrorised the population, discouraged inward investment and economic growth.
If living conditions were bad, then the Palestinians have themselves to blame. They are destroyers, not builders.
You’ve had a few too many of the hamas cool aid…
And youve swallowed the narrative hook line and sinker and i bet you had the vax…. I bet.. 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
None, as far as we know although thousands may have been killed during the military actions against the terrorists.
I think a reasonable estimate is three hundred thousand or more, whether by direct military action or starvation and withdrawal of any medical support.
Just the remaining 700,000 or so left to deal with.
What are you writing? Do you support killing 700,000 people?!
Get a grip. These stupid Palestinians are getting their just desserts. Stop firing missiles in Israel (you’ve been doing it for decades) and stop calling for the extermination of Israelis. It’s that simple
Israel did not exist before 1948. Do you support mass immigration into any country? Do you support immigrants in the latter case actually taking over a country? Do you support those immigrants harassing the indigenous population, stealing their property, violently subduing resistance, installing an apartheid system? Many people (including myself) disagree with the mass immigration the Western world is experiencing at the moment. In my opinion Israel needs to cultivate friendly relationships with all its inhabitants and all its neighbours: Israel apparently prefers subjection and war.
Well, I’m not sure you care about it happening in Britain, so what’s the problem with Palestine? Or is watching Britain being ripped apart an ok spectator sport for the left?
oh and by the way, Palestine didn’t exist either. The Arabs who owned the region didn’t want to live in it and quite willingly sold it to the Jews.
a better question might be, why do none of the other Arab states want anything to do with the terrorists who call themselves Palestinians?
The Arabs who owned the region didn’t want to live in it and quite willingly sold it to the Jews sounds very much like Israeli propaganda and is simply not credible.
Why do none of the other Arab states want anything to do with the terrorists who call themselves Palestinians? This is also a typical Israeli statement. Taken literally, nobody supports terrorists. If you are just using the term to denigrate Palestinians in general then the populations surrounding Israel are extremely sympathetic to the Palestinian problem. Some local leaders have been bought by USA (e.g. Egypt, Jordan), others attempt to refrain from taunting either Israel or USA, but their populations are disgusted with what Israel is doing.
As white native British people become a minority in their own country they may come to look at the plight of the Palestinian people in a different light.
My response has been moderated, but would have said something like…indulge in some sex and travel, what you said is a large mountain of bovine fecal matter, and see you next Tuesday.
You make some good points but what troubles me is how far back do you go?
Thank you. Are you asking how old I am? Old enough to be tired of hearing of yet another Middle East war and nobody even trying to solve it.
I was referring to “Israel did not exist before 1948”. Rightly or wrongly it’s there now and generations have been born there. In hindsight the whole project looks to have been either misguided or very wrong, but here we are. I don’t know what the answer is.
Theoretically, Israel should be forced to accept the numerous UN resolutions, always backed by a vast majority of countries, always refused by USA and Israel, requiring Israel to accept the two-state solution. For example, here is a random Google report from an apparently Turkish source with today’s date (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/un-general-assembly-agrees-to-hold-high-level-conference-on-israel-palestine-conflict/3412632): HAMILTON, Canada The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling to organize a high-level conference to implement relevant resolutions and achieve a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The draft resolution, submitted by Senegal and co-sponsored by numerous countries, including Türkiye, was adopted with 157 votes in favor, eight against and seven abstentions. Calling for the implementation of relevant UN resolutions on the Israel-Palestine conflict, the resolution reaffirms the need for a two-state solution that will lead to “a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.” It further calls for convening of a “High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.” “The Conference will be held from 2 to 4 June 2025 in New York, preceded by a preparatory meeting, to be held in May 2025,” it said. It further calls for the adoption of a… Read more »
Having separate countries seems like the best option, though I did listen to some interesting commentary from Peter Hitchens saying that he didn’t think it viable for Israel to have a hostile state right next to it – but then it already does. For some reason the situation seems unusually polarising not only in the region but in the rich world generally – this doesn’t help.
“ How many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians has Israel murdered since 7th October?”
How many Germans/Japanese did the Allies murder in WWII? How much of Germany/Japan was bombed and reduced to rubble?
It’s called war. If you don’t like the consequences, don’t wage it.
And by the way – how many Christians, Jews, Arabs and Palestinians have Palestinians murdered since 1948?
“ How many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians has Israel murdered since 7th October?”
How many Germans/Japanese did the Allies murder in WWII? How much of Germany/Japan was bombed and reduced to rubble?
It’s called war.
Trying to exterminate the civil population of a country instead of waging war against its military forces is an ‘innovation’ of the early 20th century when various would-be air war strategists, eg, the Italian Douhet, proposed this relapse to the pre-civilized mass murder methods of a Tamerlane as “quick” and relatively painless (for the attacking party) way to win wars. It was much more successful as appeal to the basest of mankind’s base instincts than at accomplishing anything remotely worth the effort.
Centuries of European tradition and also, so-called international law since the horrors of the 30 years war, define ‘war’ as fighting between opposing forces of soldiers while civilians who don’t intervene are to be left alone as much as possible.
According to Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Palestinian_conflict: 2,000+ Jews displaced, 6,373 Israeli and 13,000–16,000 Palestinian deaths in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War; More than 700,000 Palestinians displaced with a further 413,000 Palestinians displaced in the Six-Day War (1967); 654 Israeli and 19,085 Palestinian and Lebanese deaths in the 1982 Lebanon War in addition to 800–3,500 in the Sabra-Shatila massacre. 1,962 Palestinians and 179-200 Israeli deaths in the First Intifada (1987-1991/3); 1,010 Israelis and up to 3,354 Palestinian deaths in the Second Intifada (2000-2005); 402 Palestinians were killed in the 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict; 1,116–1,417 Palestinian deaths in the Gaza War (2008–2009); 2,125–2,310 Palestinian deaths in the 2014 Gaza War. 285 Palestinian and 17 Israeli deaths in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. At least 42,509+ Palestinians and 1,668+ Israelis killed in the Israel–Hamas war (now) with a further 1,900,000 Palestinians displaced within Gaza and 135,000 Israeli evacuees. Indirect deaths likely to be several times higher than those killed by violence, with estimates for total Palestinian deaths in the Israel–Hamas war at 186,000 or 335,500. So, a lot of distress, death and destruction, with Palestinians losing at every turn. Where are the solutions to this obvious long-term problem? There are UN resolutions recognized by essentially the whole world,… Read more »
Errm, Wikipedia?
Says it all, really.
None. The Palestinians committed suicide when they signed up for Hamas terrorism.
Hell should have been released on these scumbags on october 8th
Released on Hamas or the civilian population….
Looks like you agree with collective punishment….
Ps, Collective Punishment is a war crime…
I would be surprised if most of these hostages were still alive. I suspect most of them were killed by Hamas.
I can’t see how it is practically possible to keep alive hostages for months in a battle zone.
The problem is that “Hell” is the foundation of the Hamas business model.
As long as US soldiers are not deployed.
The idea is entirely valid.
Release the remaining hostages and the casus belli disolves, the war will finish overnight.
That’s been true for the last year, dear holodomor.
But US arms is ok…
“Release the remaining hostages and the casus belli disolves, the war will finish overnight.”..
Lmfao… You know, thats the funnist thing ive heard anyone say…. Unbelievable that you believe that, im mean how naive can you be.. What have you been reading 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its all a scam… Trump is in the pockets of the Zioinsts… Sorry about that… But in reality…. Who isnt…
https://youtu.be/sfa97WkvoQA?si=pkltfB2e_8hczjuS
So Israel funded Starmers campaign and Trumps…. Are you getting it yet…. No, im sure you’re not, wedded to the msm narrative like the gullible monkeys that you are…
It isn’t rocket science as to what induced him to promise this. It is like that question put to Paul Daniel’s wife by Caroline Aherne. I suppose to be fair to Trump he has never deviated from his position on this situation. As clear as daylight for years so you either heed his words or you don’t. His message seems to have gone down the right way for a lot of Yanks.
The only Gazza with any credit is Paul Gascoigne.