Trump Promises “HELL” in the Middle East if Hamas Does Not Release Hostages Before He Takes Office
Islamic terrorist group Hamas taunted the United States and Israel by releasing a video of an Israeli-American, Edan Alexander, begging for his release. Alexander, 20, is among over 250 civilians abducted by the Palestinian terror group during the October 7 invasion of Israel, while over 1,200 others lost their lives.
The Israeli-American has remained hostage for 420 days. The Hamas terror group forced him to record a message for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the incoming US President Donald Trump.
Responding to the incident, President Donald Trump started by criticizing world leaders for doing little to free the hostages.
“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.
While addressing the terror, Trump ordered the immediate release of all hostages before he took office on January 20, or the perpetrators would pay a hefty price.
“Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” Trump added.
He also warned that those responsible “will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America.”
Responding to Trump’s remarks, Netanyahu thanked the President-Elect for his “strong statement,” adding that “Hamas must release the hostages.”
Trump’s tough rhetoric has a history of saving lives. Prior to the planned Afghanistan withdrawal that Joe Biden messed up, Trump threatened the Taliban leader with severe consequences if American soldiers were attacked. According to Trump, no American was killed in Afghanistan for 18 months. “And I told Abdul don’t do it anymore, you do it anymore you’re going to have problems. And he said why do you send me a picture of my house? I said you’re going to have to figure that out, Abdul.”
Trump’s election could also be responsible for the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire reached on November 26. The truce terms require Israel to gradually withdraw from Lebanon while Hezbollah would also retreat to the Litani River.
Hezbollah had promised to crush Israel, but Trump’s promise to restore sanctions on Iran that Biden lifted could undermine Tehran’s ability to continue supporting the group, thus potentially influencing its decision to negotiate.
However, a truce between Israel and Hamas has failed to materialize after Israel refused to accept the terms of ending hostilities. The terrorist group demands Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza as a precondition for any peaceful negotiations.
The humiliation of the 20-year-old Israeli American hostage was part of the terror group’s strategy to increase pressure on the US and Israeli governments to compromise. The video was released hours before protests calling for the Israeli government to accept the conditions for the release of hostages.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu told the hostages’ families that he was willing “to take every action to bring them back home.” However, withdrawing from Gaza remains problematic as it could allow the terrorist group to rearm and reorganize. Subsequently, taking back the area would come at a heavy price if the negotiations failed.
As of now, at least 30 of the 100 hostages held in Gaza are presumed dead, while the whereabouts of the others remain unknown.
Trump promised peace in the Middle East immediately after taking office. Should Hamas refuse to negotiate, he could authorize the shipment of weapons that the Biden administration withheld from Israel, allowing the Jewish state to overrun Gaza.
While Trump is unlikely to attack Hamas directly, with Hezbollah out of the way and weapons released to Israel, Trump’s dream to crush Hamas could eventually be achieved.
Elsewhere, Biden was spotted buying a pro-Palestinian book, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, by Palestinian American author Rashid Khalidi.
