On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump called on Hamas to immediately release all Israeli detainees, emphasizing that the situation would change rapidly once they were freed.

Trump said in a post on the Truth Social platform, “Tell Hamas to return all twenty hostages immediately (not two or five or seven!), and things will change quickly. The war will end!”

In March 2025, Trump issued a “final warning,” demanding the immediate release of all hostages.