Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton told Newsmax Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump is taking the “right approach” in warning Hamas that “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if the remaining hostages are not released by the time he takes office on Jan. 20.
“What Hamas did was outrageous in more respects than we have time to discuss, but holding American hostages and getting them released is a principal duty for the president,” Bolton told “American Agenda.” “I think the Israelis have shown that the way to get hostages out is not to try and deal with Hamas, but to beat them on the battlefield, which is what they’ve been doing.”
Multiple intelligence and security sources within the U.S. and Israeli governments told Newsmax that authorities believe that only around 20 of the original 251 hostages taken alive by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, are still alive.
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