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Trump Reiterates ‘All Hell Will Break Out’ If Hamas’s Hostages Not Released by Jan. 20

Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said during a press conference that progress has been made on a hostage deal.
Trump Reiterates ‘All Hell Will Break Out’ If Hamas’s Hostages Not Released by Jan. 20
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. Allison Robbert/Pool Photo via AP
Jackson Richman
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President-elect Donald Trump reiterated on Jan. 7 his warning that the hostages being held in Gaza by terrorist group Hamas had better be released by Jan. 20.

“If those hostages aren’t back ... by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East,” he said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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