{"id":2483573,"date":"2025-09-08T09:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-ramps-up-pressure-on-hamas-as-20-remaining-hostages-face-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:28:50","slug":"trump-ramps-up-pressure-on-hamas-as-20-remaining-hostages-face-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-ramps-up-pressure-on-hamas-as-20-remaining-hostages-face-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Ramps Up Pressure on Hamas as 20 Remaining Hostages Face Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-ramps-up-pressure-on-hamas-as-20-remaining-hostages-face-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary:<\/p>\n<p>As the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre of civilians approaches, former President Donald Trump stated that some of the approximately 20 hostages still alive after the October 7, 2023 attack may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peloton-recalls-treadmills\/\" title=\"Peloton Recalls Treadmills\">recently died<\/a>. Trump confirmed ongoing, intensive negotiations with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining hostages. he acknowledged the complexity and difficulty of the situation, emphasizing the need to consider the October 7 attack&#8217;s impact when making decisions. Trump highlighted the involvement of negotiators like jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the efforts. He also signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-led-states-sue-biden-admin-over-expansive-climate-order-targeting-trump-legacy\/\" title=\"Republican-Led States Sue Biden Admin Over Expansive Climate ... Targeting Trump Legacy\">executive order aimed<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sanctioning nations involved<\/a> in wrongful detention to deter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-iranian-hostage-says-obama-payments-to-iran-led-to-his-arrest\/\" title=\"Former Iranian ... Says Obama Payments to Iran Led to His Arrest\">hostage-taking<\/a>. The Hostage and Missing Families Forum expressed gratitude for Trump&#8217;s dedication and bold actions to bring the hostages home. Meanwhile, Israeli military operations continue in Gaza as part of its broader security strategy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the second anniversary of the massacre of civilians at the hands of Hamas looms, President Donald Trump said some of the 20 hostages who remained alive after the Oct. 7, 2023, slaughter may have died recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump said that negotiators are trying to get the hostages out while some remain alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in very deep negotiations with Hamas. We said, &lsquo;Let &rsquo;em all out, right now, let &rsquo;em all out, and much better things will happen,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/trump-were-in-very-deep-talks-with-hamas-some-hostages-may-have-recently-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the hostages remain in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/8-year-old-gazan-boy-thought-killed-idf-seen-alive-new-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s going to be a tough situation, it&rsquo;s going to be nasty &hellip; Israel&rsquo;s choice, but that&rsquo;s my opinion,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/2025-09-06\/ty-article\/.premium\/trump-says-u-s-in-very-deep-negotiations-with-hamas-heard-some-hostages-recently-died\/00000199-1bed-d1da-a3df-9ffd56e10000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haaretz<\/a>, Hamas is believed to hold the bodies of 38 dead hostages, and the last official estimate of those left alive was at 20.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s 20 people, but of the 20, there could be some that recently died, is what I&rsquo;m hearing. I hope that&rsquo;s wrong,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-plans-move-hundreds-thousands-palestinians-gaza-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said, per the Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump spoke about the families of &nbsp;&ldquo;young beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weve-identified-450000-ballots-that-miraculously-only-have-a-vote-for-joe-biden-sidney-powell-drops-a-bomb-on-sunday-morning-futures-video\/\" title=\"&quot;We&#039;ve Identified 450,000 Ballots that Miraculously ONLY have a Vote for Joe Biden&quot; - Sidney Powell Drops a BOMB on Sunday Morning Futures (Video)\">dead people<\/a>,&rdquo; noting that the dead hostages&rsquo; families &nbsp;&ldquo;want them every bit as much &mdash; almost more &mdash; than as if their son or daughter were alive. But you have many dead people that are coming out as part of the deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In speaking of talks to free those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-new-counsel-israel-hamas-saturday-get-ready-break-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostages<\/a> that remain, Trump named Jared Kushner, who is Ivanka Trump&rsquo;s husband and served as a Middle East negotiator during Trump&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I was the one who, myself and my people, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner was great on this &mdash; but they got a lot of people out,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I always said when you get down to the final 10 or 20, you&rsquo;re not going to get them out unless you&rsquo;re going to do a lot. And doing a lot means capitulation, that&rsquo;s no good either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very tough situation,&rdquo; he said, noting that &ldquo;people forget October 7&rdquo; and that &ldquo;you have to put that into the equation very strongly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/09\/strengthening-efforts-to-protect-u-s-nationals-from-wrongful-detention-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> allowing nations to be designated as sponsors of wrongful detention, which would trigger sanctions against those nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hostage and Missing Families Forum thanked Trump and negotiator Steve Witkoff&nbsp; &ldquo;for their unwavering determination, courage and compassion&rdquo; in advancing the hostage-ceasefire talks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We offer special thanks to President Trump, who is making every effort to fulfill his promise to bring them home. We pray this will happen soon,&rdquo; the Forum said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement praised Trump&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;President Trump demonstrates that true leadership is measured by bold decisions. We are grateful for his recent executive order that sends a clear message to the world that hostage-taking is fundamentally wrong and will not be tolerated by the U.S. administration,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Trump comments came a day before Israel&rsquo;s Saturday demolition of a high-rise building in Gaza City&rsquo;s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, one day after demolishing a similar one as Israel moves forward with its plan to take over Gaza City, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/for-2nd-day-idf-strikes-gaza-city-high-rise-it-says-served-hamas-terror-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He mentioned that negotiators are actively working to secure their release while any hostages remain alive. &#8220;We&#8217;re engaged in serious negotiations with Hamas. We&#8217;ve demanded, &#8216;Release them all immediately,&#8217; and better outcomes will follow,&#8221; Trump said, according to the Times of Israel. He added that if the hostages stay in Gaza, it will be a difficult and dangerous situation-though he emphasized this is his personal view and ultimately Israel&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from Haaretz indicate Hamas holds the bodies of 38 deceased hostages, with about 20 believed to be still alive as per the latest official count.<\/p>\n<p>Trump expressed hope that reports about recent deaths among those remaining are incorrect. He also acknowledged families grieving for their lost loved ones but noted many deceased individuals are being returned as part of ongoing agreements.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing efforts to free remaining captives, Trump credited Jared Kushner-Ivanka Trump&#8217;s husband and a Middle East negotiator during his administration-as well as Steve Witkoff for helping secure releases earlier on. However, he cautioned that rescuing those last few hostages would require significant concessions, which he deemed unacceptable given the circumstances surrounding October 7.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Trump signed an executive order enabling sanctions against countries involved in wrongful detentions. The Hostage and Missing Families Forum praised Trump and Witkoff for their dedication and thanked President Trump for striving to fulfill his promise to bring home those held captive.<\/p>\n<p>These remarks came just before Israel demolished a high-rise building in Gaza City&#8217;s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood on Saturday-a day after taking down another-as part of its ongoing operations there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2483574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Donald-Trump-5.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50400,21509,32402,32219,3634],"class_list":["post-2483573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hamas-2","tag-hostages","tag-international-relations","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Donald-Trump-5.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483577,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483573\/revisions\/2483577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}