Hamas could lose its leverage if all hostages are released, leaving it vulnerable to Israel’s determined military actions, former US Deputy National Security Advisor Ambassador James Jeffrey says.
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00:00Do you get the impression this is the president firing off a message on social media, or do
00:05you think this is part of a broader strategy?
00:08Well, everything Donald Trump does is part of a broader strategy.
00:13He just looks at it in a less precise way than we're used to.
00:18Trump believes that Hamas has lost Gaza.
00:21He believes Gaza itself is lost.
00:23But he also thinks that getting the hostages back is a very important priority for the
00:29American family members, but also for Israelis.
00:33And so he's trying to use threats.
00:38How he'll carry them out, I'm not sure.
00:42But for the moment, he'll just throw this out and see what happens.
00:45The problem is that Hamas, if it releases all the hostages, does not have any cards
00:52to play anymore, and will face an Israel that is intent on destroying it one way or
00:59the other.