Upon his return from the SuperBowl where he beat Taylor Swift, President Trump signed 11 more executive orders, and then during Q & A with the press gaggle, announced that Hamas has until Saturday at noon to return all the hostages or else all hell will break loose. He prefaced this with Israel could override this, but if not, this is what's going down. I think the only reason Israel would override this is if they are more concerned about the remaining hostages than Trump is. Trump feels that the condition of the last three hostages more than implies that the remaining hostages will be at least as emaciated, and probably more, based on the idea that Hamxs has an interest in presenting the healthiest hostages first. Now that Hamxs has declared they will stop releasing hostages, there is also a greater possibility that the rest are actually dead. Therefore, it sounds like whatever action will be taken has a good chance of jeopardizing whatever hostages may still be alive. However, Trump's idea is to wipe Hamxs out quickly enough that there is a chance that some hostages might survive and be discoverable after Hamxs is completely eliminated. In a worst case scenario some will be trapped in caved in tunnels, without any information about where they are till it's too late to get to them. In a better case scenario a handful of Hamxs adjacent Gazans will be willing to reveal what they know about whereabouts, in exchange for leniency, when it become obvious that Hamxs is totally dead, done and gone. It's complicated now that a lot of Gazans have moved back north to be near their old neighborhood, mixing it up, once again, with guerillas who don't wear uniforms when the fighting starts. Hamas blames Trump because on Feb 5 he basically declared war on Hamxs in a memo to the Justice Department, and i think it is sinking into their thick heads that they have no chance of remaining in Gaza once the hostages are released. So now, they might be rethinking. What they need most is safe passage out of Gaza, for which they might release a few more hostages. But i really think it's too late for that. They needed to put that on the table a long time ago. They've toyed too long with no proof-of-life, or complete lists and no red cross visits. Trump also thinks Hamxs realized just how badly it makes them look, to put emaciated captives on stage for show, which only goes to show how badly they have been abused. If they did it one more time, probably Trump would lose patience, as he indicated on the plane back from the SuperBowl where he beat Taylor Swift. So now they really have to reconsider how they are going to play the few remaining chips they have. So if this is going to go down, i think the US Air Force should start by taking out all the Egyption tanks in the Sinai desert, especially those guarding the border with the intention of keeping Gazans out. After taking out the tanks, i think Hegseth should blow the Egyption border fence wide open to allow Gazans to walk out. The problem with this plan is Hamxs might try to drive out with as many hostages as possible. So there might have to be boots on the ground as soon as possible. The best part of this plan is the humanitarian aid can be rerouted, away from Hamxs, and toward where the Pentagon wants the people to go...into the Sinai. Otherwise, it's back to plan A, where the population is advised to move to a safe zone while the remaining 20% of structures that are now still standing are taken down to dust. The people will have to go hungry for a couple of days, for the first time since the war started, till it's for certain that Hamxs is completely done.
It is interesting to see how powerless Iran is these days, or at least interesting to see what they will do. Just a few short months ago, every move against Gaza was met with rockets over Tehran, cranking up the Hamas and Hezbollah proxies to open new fronts against Israel,etc, etc. Then Israel gave them a beating. And things have gotten much worse for Iran since Trump was elected. Trump does not like their continuous attempts to kill him. Funny how that works. And Biden always, always advised Israel to not retaliate and take their beatings from Iran rather than escalate and Biden continuously demonized Bibi. Those days are over. If Iran puts any missiles into Israel to send warnings about whatever is going on in Gaza then both Trump and Bibi are aching to give Iran another lesson. Basically, Gaza was a former colony of Iran but now Iran has to listen to Trump talking about putting a Trump Tower on the Riviera of the Mideast now. Not saying I would mess with owning Gaza. I would not touch that with a ten foot pole. Nevertheless, there is some entertainment value in watching Trump get in Iran's face with all that talking smack about Gaza. Of course when Trump and Israel say "maybe we will just let the Saudis develop it" that is not exactly what Iran wants to hear either.
The Palestinians, if they were smart would round up the top leaders of Gaza and arrest and try the underlings who remain loyal to Hamas. Given a choice, they would rather live in peace and more prosperous lives. Who wouldn't? It would be easier to get rid of the bad eggs and start over. That is what is happening to the US. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk trying to clean up all the messes the Democrats left for American taxpayers to clean up. Now, get rid of the Democrat bums in the next midterm elections and we will be on our way!
Iran doesn't want an air war with the US. Trump sees hostages as injured beyond repair. Israel needs a huge buffer zone, like an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
You want U.S. money? Well, take in the Palestinians we are forcibly deporting from Gaza. Trump says he may withhold aid to Jordan, Egypt if they don’t take in Palestinians https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5137309-trump-jordan-egypt-aid/
Yes they did. But Trump does not seem to be paying attention about how the U.S. Constitution and spending works.