At a press conference on Tuesday, Trump threatened: “If they’re not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East and it will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone.”
The President-elet also said on a recent podcast appearance that there will be “hell to pay” for Hamas if his demands are not met.
Parents of slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, are among those attending the ceremony.
The couple addressed the Democratic National Convention last August, speaking about the “anguish and misery” they have endured since their son was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7.
Last August – nearly 11 months after he was taken hostage by Hamas – Hersh was found dead in Gaza.
The Goldberg-Polins will be joined at Trump’s inauguration by the parents of hostage Edan Alexander, the parents and brother of hostage Omer Neutra, the parents of slain hostage Itay Chen, the father of hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, the daughter of murdered hostages Gad Haggai and Judi Weinstein, freed hostage Aviva Siegel and the daughter and sister of Aviva’s husband hostage Keith Siegel.
