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Trump was referring to 3 Israeli hostages—Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi, and Or Levy—who were freed connected Saturday. (AP)
US President Donald Trump has expressed vexation implicit the ongoing ceasefire woody betwixt Israel and Hamas aft seeing footage of Israeli hostages who appeared severely malnourished pursuing their release.
Comparing their quality to Holocaust survivors, Trump hinted that the US mightiness soon suffer patience with the existent agreement.
“They look similar Holocaust survivors. They were successful horrible condition. They were emaciated,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One connected his mode to New Orleans for the Super Bowl. “I don’t cognize however overmuch longer we tin instrumentality that… astatine immoderate point, we’re going to suffer our patience,” Reuters reported.
Trump was referring to 3 Israeli hostages—Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi, and Or Levy—who were freed connected Saturday.
Ben Ami and Sharabi were abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri, and Levy was taken from the Nova euphony festival during Hamas’ onslaught connected confederate Israel connected October 7, 2023. The hostages appeared frail arsenic they were led by Hamas gunmen earlier being handed implicit to Israeli authorities.
“They dribble successful and support dribbling in… but they are successful truly atrocious shape,” Trump added, noting that their information was worse than that of the 18 hostages antecedently released nether the truce agreed connected January 19.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the show of the anemic hostages arsenic “shocking” and said it would beryllium addressed. In speech for the 3 Israeli men, Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners connected the aforesaid day. Many of these prisoners besides appeared bladed and emaciated.
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Trump besides reiterated his arguable stance connected Gaza, stating that helium remained committed to having the US instrumentality power of the territory aft Palestinians permission oregon are removed. He archetypal announced this during Netanyahu’s caller sojourn to Washington connected February 4.
“As acold arsenic america rebuilding it, we whitethorn springiness it to different states successful the Middle East to physique sections of it, different radical whitethorn bash it, done our auspices. But we’re committed to owning it, taking it, and making definite that Hamas doesn’t determination back,” Trump said.
(with inputs from Reuters)
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