{"id":12300,"date":"2025-01-01T11:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rega.news\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2025-01-01T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:03:15","slug":"trump-threatens-again-its-better-they-return-the-hostages-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-threatens-again-its-better-they-return-the-hostages-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens Again: &#8220;It\u2019s Better They Return the Hostages Soon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened the terrorist organization Hamas once again last night (Tuesday-Wednesday). &#8220;It\u2019s better they return the hostages soon,&#8221; said the president-elect in response to a journalist\u2019s question about the hostages held by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s Strong Statement: \u201cRelease the Hostages Now!\u201d  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, earlier this month, Trump posted on his social media app (Truth Social):  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the hostages are not released by January 20, the day I take office as president, there will be hell to pay in the Middle East for those who committed these crimes against humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anyone has been hit in all of America\u2019s turbulent history. Release the hostages, now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President-elect Trump: &quot;They better let the hostages come back soon.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AwGK04RrP5\">pic.twitter.com\/AwGK04RrP5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1874272191291789621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12302\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-01-at-07.52.31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-01-at-07.52.31.jpeg 628w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-01-at-07.52.31-300x189.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from Truth Social<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Less Aid to Gaza, More Security Support for Israel  <\/strong><br \/>\nLast week, Trump sent diplomatic messages to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, clarifying that he would not support continuing humanitarian aid to Gaza at the levels established under the Biden administration. Additionally, he pledged to lift the embargo on arms supplies to Israel \u2014 a step that raises expectations for a significant improvement in the country\u2019s security capabilities, as reported by <em>Channel 12 News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump further emphasized his commitment to lifting the embargo on arms supplies to Israel, a move that brings hope for a major upgrade in the nation\u2019s defense systems. The embargo, imposed during Biden\u2019s administration, caused tensions between Jerusalem and Washington. Now, Trump\u2019s promise signifies a new direction in security cooperation between the two nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The elected President of the United States threatened Hamas again last night, as he did earlier this month: &#8220;Those responsible will be hit harder than anyone has been hit in all of America\u2019s turbulent history.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276,8,6],"tags":[1476,1477,1482,1868,2527],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-politics","category-security","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-hostages","tag-trump","tag-truth-social"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Threatens Again: &quot;It\u2019s Better They Return the Hostages Soon&quot; - 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