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Hamas brushes off Trump''s threat and says it will only free hostages in return for a lasting truce
2025-03-08
[APNEWS] Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
on Thursday brushed off President Donald Trump
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
's latest threat and reiterated that it will only free the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip.

The Death Eater group accused Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to back out of the ceasefire agreement they reached in January. The agreement calls for negotiations over a second phase in which the hostages would be released in exchange for more Paleostinian prisoners, a permanent ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Hamas front man Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua said the ''best path to free the remaining Israeli hostages'' is through negotiations on that phase, which were supposed to begin in early February. Only limited preparatory talks have been held so far.

On Wednesday, Trump issued what he said was a ''last warning'' to Hamas after meeting with eight former hostages. The White House meanwhile confirmed it had held unprecedented direct talks with the Death Eater group, which Israel and Western countries view as a terrorist organization.

''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 wrote on his Truth Social platform. ''Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!''
Posted by:Fred

#8  There can be no 'lasting truce' while Hamas remains armed.
Just how that works.
Posted by: ed in texas   2025-03-08 13:40  

#7  I'm thinking bouncing Hamas in Qatar would be more productive than further rubbling Gaza.

Qatar meeting sends conflicting signals, leaving Gaza ceasefire in question
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-03-08 11:44  

#6  "Be careful what you wish for. . ."

Several 12-aircraft ARCLIGHT strikes would eliminate the problem permanently. No population to hide among = no Hamass. Permanent end to the "Gaza" problem. Distasteful, but it's the only thing GUARANTEED to work.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2025-03-08 10:14  

#5  Monty Python - the Black Knight
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-03-08 06:56  

#4  /\ Yes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-03-08 06:36  

#3  Given HAMAS is the one violating numerous truces. Doesn't that mean they have ceased releasing hostages because of their actions?
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-03-08 06:27  

#2  How much can rubble be bounced before it is just red tinted sand?
Posted by: 3dc   2025-03-08 01:59  

#1  Ok, just obliterate Gaza and be done with it.
Posted by: Crusader   2025-03-08 00:24  

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