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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Trump says Hamas holding bodies of hostages it could return immediately, he’s ‘watching closely’ to make sure it does
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US President Donald Trump says Hamas must “quickly” resume handing over the bodies of deceased hostages to Israel or it will start facing consequences.
Hamas has released the remains of 15 deceased hostages, while the bodies of 13 others remain held in Gaza. The terror group has claimed that it is unable to access all of the bodies and does not know where some of them are, but Israeli officials have said they do not believe this to be the case.
“We have a very strong PEACE in the Middle East, and I believe it has a good chance of being EVERLASTING,” Trump writes on his Truth Social platform.
“Hamas is going to have to start returning the bodies of the deceased hostages, including two Americans, quickly, or the other Countries involved in this GREAT PEACE will take action. Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they can return now and, for some reason, they are not,” continues the US president.
“Perhaps it has to do with their disarming, but when I said, ‘Both sides would be treated fairly,’ that only applies if they comply with their obligations,” he warns.
“Let’s see what they do over the next 48 hours. I am watching this very closely.”
The Times of Israel Community.