Trump Gives Hamas a Deadline For The Release Of The Gaza Hostages: "Hell To Pay In The Middle East"

Ahead of his inauguration on January 20 of next year, Donald Trump sent a strong message to Hamas, warning that if hostages in Gaza are not freed, "hell to pay" will result.

Trump Issues a Hamas Warning: In reference to those it captured during the October 7 attack in Israel last year, US President-elect Donald Trump warned Hamas on Monday (local time) that if the hostages in the Gaza Strip are not freed before he takes office on January 20 of next year, there will be "hell to pay" in the Middle East.

Hamas terrorists killed nearly 250 people in their 2023 attack on Israel, including dual Israeli-American citizens. It is estimated that nearly half of the 101 Israeli and foreign hostages still held captive in Gaza are still alive.

Hamas Gets A Warning From Donald Trump

"Everyone is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire world, in the Middle East," Trump said in his most direct comments regarding the captives since his historic victory in the presidential election on November 5. However, there is no action—just talk! Please allow this TRUTH to serve as a reminder that there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East and for those in authority who committed these crimes against humanity if the hostages are not freed before January 20, 2025, the day I proudly take office as President of the United States."

"Those who are accountable will suffer more severe consequences than anyone else in the lengthy and illustrious history of the United States of America." He added, "RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!" in a post using violent language.

"There will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East and for those in charge who committed these atrocities against humanity if the hostages are not freed before January 20, 2025, the day I proudly take office as President of the United States."

In a forceful statement, he continued, "Those who are responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied history of the United States of America."

Hamas-Related Ceasefire Conditions

In any agreement to halt the conflict and free the prisoners, Hamas has demanded that Israel leave Gaza.

The fight against Hamas will not end until the terrorist organization is totally destroyed and no longer a threat to the Jewish nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed.

33 captives were killed in Gaza during the 14-month-old conflict between Hamas and Israel in the territory, the group told the world on Monday. However, it kept their ethnicities a secret.

After Hamas carried out a terrorist strike in Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing numerous captives, Israel launched an all-out war against the group.

According to Gaza officials, Israel's force has murdered around 44,400 Palestinians since the response started, displacing the majority of the population.