OAN Staff James Meyers
2:21pm – Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
US national security adviser Mike Waltz says hostages involved in the Gaza War have been released because Hamas is afraid of President Donald Trump.
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“Hamas is listening to the president… 29 hostages are alive today and reunited with their families because after President Trump fails to do this for 15 months, President Trump pays. Because the whole world listened when he said there was a hell to be done,” he said.Fox and friends“Co-host of Lawrence B. Jones.
In a statement Monday, the waltz compared terrorist organization Hamas to the Islamic state and denounced the treatment of hostages.
“The needle we are trying to thread now removes all hostages. At the same time, Hamas will not control Gaza. Period,” he said. “They have some off-ramps we put on the table, but Hamas doesn't control Gaza. They won't cause another October 7th. And we'll be with Israel and We'll work together to prevent that from happening.”
According to the Jewish state, there are still 63 remaining hostages in Gaza, including six men and three women. Meanwhile, 36 hostages have been killed, including 35, since October 7th.th Hadar Goldin was accused of in 2014. The four hostages who died are scheduled to be returned this week.
Meanwhile, Jerusalem delayed the release of 620 Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisons by saying that the Israeli government was a repeated violation of Hamas' ceasefire agreement.
“Israel will not overlook an inhumane, degraded ritual that humiliates our hostages for publicity,” Israeli government spokesman David Mensah said at a press conference Monday.
On Sunday, the White House announced its support for Israel's decision to delay the release of Palestinian terrorists as part of the Israeli Hama ceasefire, citing the terrorist organisation's “wild treatment” of Israeli hostages. did.
According to Reutersspokesman for the US National Security Council, Brian Hughes said the delay was a “appropriate response” to the terrorist group's move.
Hughes also said Trump is ready to support the Jewish state with “any course of action that he chooses with regard to Hamas.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said on Sunday that he has suspended the release of Palestinian prisoners as Israel violates the current ceasefire rally.
“In light of Hamas' repeated violations, including the ironic exploitation of hostages for rituals and propaganda purposes, it has been decided that the release of the next hostage will delay the release of the terrorists planned yesterday. It was guaranteed without any humiliating rituals,” Netanyahu said.
As part of the ceasefire rally, Israel was expected to release 620 Palestinian terrorists on Saturday. Israeli soldier Girad Shalit.
Hamas is expected to return four additional bodies to Israel on Thursday. This is the final exchange of Phase 1 of the ceasefire contract, which came into effect on January 19th.th. It is expected to end on March 1stst.
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