MADRID Dec. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, warned this Monday the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) that if it does not release the hostages held in the Gaza Strip before his inauguration on January 20, they will pay dearly. .
“If the hostages are not released before January 20, 2025, the date on which I will proudly assume the position of president of the United States, the Middle East and those responsible who perpetrated these atrocities against humanity will pay dearly,” he stressed. in a message on the social network Truth Social.
Trump has criticized that “it’s all words” and there is “no action” to free the hostages held in a “so violent, inhumane and against everyone’s will” way. “Those responsible will pay with a harshness never seen in the long history of the United States,” he concluded.
Hamas has assured this Monday that more than thirty of the almost 250 hostages kidnapped during the attacks of October 7, 2023 have died from the attacks carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which began the day after the offensive. a bloody military campaign in the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli Army confirmed this Monday that Captain Omer Maxim Neutra, of American origin and who was on the list of those kidnapped during the Hamas attacks on October 7, really died during the assault and was taken to the Strip by the Islamist group. his lifeless body from Gaza.
It is estimated that around a hundred people are still kidnapped in Hamas custody and hidden in underground tunnels in Gaza, although Israeli authorities do not venture to detail whether they could be alive or dead. In this situation, the families of the hostages continue to pressure the Government to reach an agreement in Gaza that includes the release of the hostages.
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