Donald Trump threatens Middle East: Newly elected US President Donald Trump has said that if Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip are not released before his inauguration on January 20, he will create havoc in the Middle East.
Guess how many are hostages?
According to Israeli figures, during the attack on Israel last year, Hamas terrorists had taken more than 250 people, including Israeli-American citizens, hostage. About half of the 101 foreign and Israeli hostages still held in Gaza are estimated to be alive.
What threat did Trump give?
Trump said in his statement, ‘If the hostages are not released by January 20, 2025, there will be devastation in the Middle East. Strict action will be taken against those who commit these atrocities against humanity. “Those who did this will be given the heaviest punishment in American history,” he said. Trump said that if action is not taken at the right time, America will give such punishment which no one has received till date.