“There will be ALL HELL TO PAY”: Trump issues strong warning over Middle East hostage situation
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 28: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at McCamish Pavilion on October 28, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is expected to continue visiting battleground states through the week leading up to the Nov. 5th election. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a stark warning to those holding hostages in the Middle East, pledging to unleash unprecedented American firepower if they are not released before his inauguration on January 20.
Trump reiterated a threat he initially made at the Republican National Convention in July, escalating it in a post on Truth Social.
The statement followed the release of a video by Hamas featuring American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who directly appealed to Trump to secure his release.
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“Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East – But it’s all talk and no action!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, without mentioning Israel or the Palestinian terror group by name.
“Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” he continued.
“Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!” Trump added.
