Rubio says Hamas will be ‘destroyed’ if fails to free all Israeli hostages

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greet each other during a joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on February 16, 2025. (AFP)
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  • Six Israelis, some of them dual nationals, were released earlier on Saturday, the last group of living hostages under the truce’s first phase

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Saturday that Hamas will be “destroyed” if it does not release all remaining hostages held in Gaza, as he condemned the deaths of members of an Israeli family held by the group.
“Hamas’ treatment of hostages, including its brutal murder of the Bibas family, further illustrates their savagery and is yet another reason why we are saying these terrorists must release all of the hostages immediately or be destroyed,” Rubio wrote on X.

 

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