Rubio: Hamas are savages and we need to treat them as such

Asked about Hamas’s announcement that it has agreed to release the last living American-Israeli hostage along with the bodies of four dual nationals, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declines to say whether the Trump administration will accept the offer, while demanding that all hostages be released.

“Our priority as the US government is always that we care about all hostages,” Rubio tells reporters at a press conference during the G7 summit in Canada. “We want all the hostages released.”

He then echoes comments made earlier this week by US hostage envoy Adam Boehler regarding the trades that Israel has been making with Hamas.

“They’re ridiculous trades — 400 people for three. These are nuts,” Rubio says. “On top of that, you see the condition these people are being released in.”

“We’re sitting around as the world, sort of accepting that it’s normal and okay for you to go into a place, kidnap babies, kidnap teenagers, kidnap people who have nothing to do with any wars, that are not soldiers… and taking them and putting them in tunnels for almost a year and a half,” Rubio laments.

“We’re acting like this is a normal exchange… This is an outrage. They should all be released,” Rubio continues.

“I’m not going to comment on what we’re going to accept or not accept, other than [to say that] all of us — the whole world — should continue to say that what Hamas has done is outrageous, it’s ridiculous, it’s sick, it’s disgusting.”

“We’re just dealing with some savages. That’s it. These are bad people, terrible people, and we need to treat them as such,” he adds.