White House has not received Hamas letter on Gaza hostage deal, Rubio says

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Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said that the White House has not received a 60 -day cease -fire letter to release half of the Gaza hostages, and that President Donald Trump would reject something short from the full release of hostages.
“We didn’t see the letter. We don’t have that letter and it wouldn’t be important even if we did it. The president has already made it clear that he wasn’t interested in 10 people.
“Why are we talking about hostages? Why still have to talk about hostages at this point? It shouldn’t be at all. They should be released immediately. The period. The position of the President.”
While helping the Palestinians in Gaza, American veterans who face Hamas threats
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio during a cabinet meeting in the White House on Tuesday (August 26th). (Through Getty Images Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg)
Rubio reiterated that Hamas would reject the reported offer, even if he reached President Trump’s desk, and claimed that the message was perhaps given to the media instead of management.
According to the previous reporting, a senior Trump official and a second source participating in direct negotiations said Fox News Hamas has prepared a letter to Trump this week.
This comes after the President said that the hostages remaining during his visit to England last week want to be released “now – now”.
Israel launched a new ground attack on the city of Gaza as the inhabitants were exercising.

Hamas terrorists stand in the formation as they gather in a street to watch the delivery of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir Al-Balah in Central Gaza on February 8th. (Through Majdi Fathi/Nurphoto Getty Images)
Trump also wrote at the beginning of this month and wrote what he calls Hamas “last warning” on September 7, “Everyone wants hostages home. Everyone wants to end this war! Israelis accepted my conditions. It is time for Hamas to accept. I warned Hamas to accept the results of Hamas.”
Rubio explained what was ahead of us if the group could not surrender, and warned that Israeli forces were “at the gate of the Gaza City” and that the leaders of Hamas are now intensified and “started to enter”.
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“It can take some time, but [Hamas officials are] Israel will not get rid of the pressure, “he warned.
“What we hope to see is that it doesn’t have to be, because Hamas surrenders, they leave their arms, they release all the hostages. And then it can provide a place where the Palestinians can live in prosperous and peaceful and peaceful.
“The sooner the peace will begin.”
Fox News’ Trey Yingst and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.



