From Trump: ‘Vicious’ Hamas thinks ‘they’re doing us a favor by sending us bodies’
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US President Donald Trump says he’s “very disappointed” about the bodies of four hostages being released today by Hamas as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel.
“They think they’re doing us a favor by sending us bodies,” Trump says of Hamas. “This is a vicious group of people.”
“At some point, somebody’s going to say, we got to do something about this,” Trump says during a cabinet meeting.
He reiterates that Israel will have to decide how it wants to proceed with the ceasefire. Trump has repeatedly suggested that he might have returned to the war if he were in Israel’s shoes.
He reflects on how badly the families of slain hostages want their loved ones back.
“I’ve spoken to a lot of the parents and a lot of the people involved. They want those bodies almost as much and maybe even just as much as they wanted their son or their daughter. It’s Amazing, ‘Please, sir, please. My son is dead, but they have his body. Please. Can you get it for us?'” he recalls.
Trump says some pretty messed up things about the dead bodies of hostages that Gaza is turning over.
He claims the relatives want their son and daughters’ dead bodies just as much as their living son or daughter. Listen below. pic.twitter.com/1odP43D30l
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