On Thursday, US President Donald Trump pledged to work to “remove the prisoners from Gaza as soon as possible.”
Trump threatened Hamas before assuming the presidency last January and after that, with the necessity of the release of all prisoners in Gaza immediately.
However, the American president did not hint at any American military presence in the Gaza Strip.
In the file of the prisoners, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the defeat of Hamas is more important than the release of the 59 prisoners.
Amid the continued negotiations on an agreement ending the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, vowed, on Thursday, to increase the severity of operations in Gaza soon if necessary.
Before that, Zamir threatened to launch an expanded military operation in Gaza if progress has not been made in securing the return of the prisoners held by Hamas.
For his part, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz recently repeated similar threats, as he stated that the more Hamas detention of the prisoners, the greater the intensity of Israeli strikes.
Israel resumed its attack on Gaza on March 18 after the collapse of a ceasefire agreement concluded in January 2025, confirming that it will continue to pressure Hamas until the rest of the prisoners detained in the Strip were released.
And 59 prisoners are still detained in Gaza, 34 of whom were killed, according to the estimates of the Israeli army.
