Quotes
To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD
he said
We had a wonderful day with the hostages yesterday... they got a treat a lifetime, they got to spend some time with President Trump. And we thought it was going to be a short period of time because his day was busy, but he ended up spending about an hour with them, with each of the hostages, pictures, and spent a lot of time listening to their stories about what happened to them in captivity. And he was clearly emotional about it as anybody would be,
Witkoff also said
We're not going to sit here, do nothing and tolerate this kind of inhumane conditions,
Witkoff saidThe president was pretty blunt,
Witkoff added
The enemy's threats in war and blockade would only bring them disappointment and will not lead to the release of its prisoners (hostages),
said Abu Ubaida
According to the campaign, among the retained martyrs' bodies are 259 Palestinians who were martyred since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza in October 2023, alongside 67 Palestinian detainees who lost their lives inside occupation prisons,
Naim said
On October 7, Hamas launched a murderous attack on Israel, during which terrorists killed anyone who crossed their path. The security and rescue services worked night and day to identify the victims and deal with them."
An IDF spokesperson's statement to Haaretz in response to its reporting on Palestinian bodies being held in Sde Teiman in JulyOn February 23, 2025, the Palestinian National Campaign for the Recovery of Martyrs' Bodies announced that the number of documented bodies held by the occupation has risen to 665 martyrs, distributed between 'numbered graves' and 'refrigerators,' including martyrs held since the 1960s and 1970s, along with martyrs from the Al-Far'a refugee camp in the West Bank, who got killed by the occupation forces last Wednesday evening,
Naim said in a statement shared with Newsweek on Thursday(Trump's) work (should be) more to spread peace ... by exchanging hostages between the two parties, and not to throw around threats, blame and intimidation at the people of the Gaza Strip, who are suffering ... as a result of this war,
said Ahmed, a resident of Khan Younis in the Palestinian enclave
Trump’s repeated threats against our people represent support to Netanyahu to evade the agreement and tightens the siege and starvation against our people,
Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanou said on Thursday, the Reuters news agency reported
My house is gone, my work is gone, but I will not allow Trump to displace us,
Mohamed Abou Azb, a resident of Khan Younis, told Al Jazeera.jpg)
Look, dialogue and talking to people around the world to do what's in the best interest of the American people is something that the president"
believes ... White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said
He doesn’t say these things and not mean it, as folks are finding out around the world. If he says he’s going to do something, he’ll do it,
the U.S. top diplomat stated
This Department of Justice will always defend Jewish Americans, protect civil rights, and leverage our resources to eradicate institutional Anti-Semitism in our nation’s universities,
said Attorney General Pamela Bondi
He’s lost his patience with it,
Rubio saidIf not, the Cabinet will convene and decide on the next step,
he said
I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say,
Mr. Trump wrote
Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you,
he said
These threats complicate matters regarding the ceasefire agreement and encourage the occupation to avoid implementing its terms,
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasim said in a statement
Israel has expressed to the United States its position regarding direct talks with Hamas,
the prime minister's office said