特朗普要求立即釋放 10 月 7 日的人質，否則將“會惹上大麻煩”

Recently Yahoo News on-line picked up the following:

Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be 'HELL TO PAY'

Jill Colvin

Tue, December 3, 2024 at 3:26 a.m. GMT+8·1 min read

The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office there will be “HELL TO PAY."

“Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site.

He added that, "Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”

The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage on Oct. 7, 2023.

Trump’s threat came hours after the Israeli government confirmed the death of Omer Neutra, a dual US--Israeli citizen, whose body is still believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza, according to the Israeli government.

Days earlier, Hamas released a hostage video of Edan Alexander, who was serving in the Israeli military when he was taken by Hamas to Gaza. Filmed under apparent duress, Alexander calls on Trump to work to negotiate for his freedom and that of the remaining Hamas hostages.

Translation

紐約（美聯社）- 當選總統特朗普要求立即釋放仍被扣押在加沙的以色列人質，並表示如果在他宣誓就職之前不釋放他們，將會“會惹上大麻煩”。

特朗普在他的真相 社交 網站上發文寫道:「請讓這個真相 表明，如果人質在 2025 年 1 月 20 日（我自豪地就任美國總統的日期）之前沒有獲釋，中東將會惹上大麻煩, 包括那些負責對人類犯下這暴行的人」。

他補充說，“那些負有責任的人將受到比美利堅合眾國悠久而傳奇的歷史上任何人所受的打擊更嚴重的打擊。現在就釋放人質！”

2023 年 10 月 7 日，哈馬斯領導的武裝分子闖入以色列南部，造成約 1,200 人死亡，其中大部分是平民，並劫持約 250 人作為人質，加薩戰爭由此開始。

特朗普發出威脅的幾個小時前，以色列政府證實了美國和以色列雙重公民Omer Neutra的死亡，據以色列政府稱，據信其屍體仍被哈馬斯扣押在加沙。

幾天前，哈馬斯發布了一段Edan Alexander被扣為人質的視頻， Alexander在加沙被哈馬斯劫持時正在以色列軍隊服役。Alexander在明顯的脅迫下拍攝，呼籲特朗普努力談判，爭取他和哈馬斯剩餘人質的自由。

So, Donald Trump is demanding Hamas the immediate release of the Israeli hostages, I am wondering whether his threat will have any real impact regarding the early release of hostages.