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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
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Hamas has indeed suffered a severe blow, but it has not yet been defeated. The mission is not yet accomplished,
Israel's new military chief Eyal Zamir warned WednesdayWe lack drinking water. People are complaining of lack of water in general. We cannot get rid of the waste, which affects the groundwater,
Abu Hammam al-Hasanat, a 34-year-old who lives in the Gaza Strip, told AFPThese threats complicate matters regarding the ceasefire agreement and encourage the occupation to avoid implementing its terms,
Qasim said in a statement, urging the United States to pressure Israel to enter the ceasefire's second phaseHe 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,
he said
Israel has expressed to the United States its position regarding direct talks with Hamas,
Netanyahu's office said
Today, President Trump took time to meet with eight of the released hostages from Gaza. The President listened intently to their heartbreaking stories. The hostages thanked President Trump for his steadfast efforts to bring all of the hostages home,
Leavitt stated
The senators’ resolutions are statements of fact and principle, backed by evidence and long-standing American foreign policy.”
A statement from the office of Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said
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I want to believe that the United States will stand by us. But we have to be ready if that is not the case,
French president Emmanuel Macron said in a TV address on the eve of an EU defence summit in Brussels‘Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye,
he wrote in a social media post on Wednesday, in an apparent reference to the beginning of direct talks with the groupOnly sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted! 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. I have just met with your former Hostages whose lives you have destroyed. This is your last warning!”
He then continued
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,
Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday, soon after meeting eight freed hostages at the White House
Instead of putting Israel under pressure, President (Donald) Trump is putting Hamas under pressure and this is the right thing to do,
Ofir Akunis, Israel’s consul general in New York, saidIf you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!”
Trump saidIf the White House wants to talk directly to Hamas and put them under pressure to release more hostages, we will be very happy to see more hostages with their families and in Israel,
he saidWell, when it comes to the negotiations that you're referring to, first of all, the special envoy who's engaged in these negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded
If the U.S. has a long-standing policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists, then why is the U.S. now negotiating directly and for the first time ever with Hamas?"
Doocy askedThese are ongoing talks and discussions. I'm not going to detail them here,
she continuedI have just met with your former Hostages whose lives you have destroyed,
Trump added
This is your last warning,
U.S. President Trump's wrote in the message to the terror group,