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00:00In news overseas, President Donald J. Trump on Thursday doubled down on his threat that

00:05Hamas must free the remaining Israeli hostages immediately.

00:08The U.S. designated terror group said it will do so only in exchange for a lasting truce

00:13and accused the U.S. and Israel of trying to back out of negotiations.

00:18White House Bureau Chief Patsy Budakoswara tells us more.

00:22As Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives amid the fragile ceasefire in Gaza,

00:28President Donald Trump delivers Hamas, a U.S. designated terror group, an ultimatum

00:33— release all Israeli hostages immediately or there will be, quote, hell to pay.

00:39On Thursday, he was asked what he meant by that.

00:41What are you going to find out?

00:43I had the honor of spending a lot of time yesterday with quite a few of the people that

00:50we got out, and I can't believe how badly treated they were.

00:54Trump issued the warning Wednesday after meeting hostages freed by Hamas.

00:58His administration sent $4 billion in weapons to Israel this week, the second time in a

01:04month it used emergency authority to bypass congressional approval for the sale.

01:09A Hamas spokesman said the best path to free the hostages is through ceasefire negotiations.

01:14Washington has a longstanding policy to not negotiate with terrorists.

01:18But Trump confirmed his administration has begun direct talks with the U.S.-designated

01:22terror group to release hostages.

01:25We are helping Israel in those discussions because we're talking about Israeli hostages.

01:32And we're not doing anything in terms of Hamas.

01:35We're not giving cash.

01:37The talks appear separate from negotiations between Hamas and Israel to secure phase two

01:41of the Gaza ceasefire.

01:43Phase one ended last weekend.

01:45Most people are expecting the ceasefire will collapse because they are expecting that Prime

01:50Minister Netanyahu is going to start pounding Gaza again.

01:53And as soon as that happens, there will be no more hostage releases.

01:57Meanwhile, Arab nations on Tuesday endorsed a counterproposal to Trump's call to expel

02:02Palestinians and turn Gaza into a beach destination.

02:06Under the Arab plan, Palestinians will remain there, and Hamas will be excluded from governance.

02:11Israel has rejected the plan.

02:13The Arab nation's plan is a, quote, good faith first step, Trump's Mideast envoy Steve

02:18Witkoff told VOA.

02:20He would not commit to leaving the Palestinians in Gaza.

02:23We're evaluating everything there, so it's a little bit early to comment.

02:27Israel has also blocked all aid into Gaza since Sunday, repeating longstanding charges

02:31that it is being diverted to Hamas, which international agencies deny.

02:36There's now a fuel shortage in the territory, further jeopardizing basic services such as

02:41trash removal.

02:42Patsy Widakus, VOA News at the White House.

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