Families of Hamas Otages publishes an open letter to Trump on Truth Social

Jerusalem – The members of the Israeli hostage family caught in captivity by the terrorist movement designated by the United States published an open letter to President Trump on Thursday, the exhortant to intervene to help to release the 53 people remaining held in Gaza.

“While Iranian missiles cross the sky above us, our hearts remain consumed by the thoughts of our beloved family in brutal captivity of Hamas. 53 Precious souls – Our children, our parents, the brothers and sisters and the spouses – remained trapped in hell.

“For more than 620 days without end, they have no shelters, no family embrace, no words of whispered comfort. Their time is exhausted. We write to you united in this unique anxiety, but linked by an unshakable faith in your leadership and your commitment to bring our loved ones to the house,” wrote the hostages of Israeli groups and families disappeared Social truth -Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) is the parent company of Truth Social.

American Storm Edan Alexander released by Hamas after more than 580 days in captivity

President Donald Trump met seven hostages released from Hamas captivity, match 7, 2025. (Photo provided by the Family Families of the Hosts)

Family members have urged the president to “seize the opportunity while Iran and Hamas are at their weakest point”.

President Trump obtained the freedom of the American Alexander Alexander-Israeli of 21 years from the captivity of Hamas on May 12. Eden returned to his hometown in New Jersey on Thursday after almost 600 days in captivity.

Fox News Digital sent press requests to the White House and the US State Department, asking for comments on the open letter published on TRUTH Social to President Trump.

Hamas terrorists take a position before a hostage outing in Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip, Saturday February 8, 2025. (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva – the site of an Iranian missile strike – that “the real barrier of Hamas is Iran. This will make Iran fall …

Netanyahu said the Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran helped the efforts of the Jewish State to make the release of hostages held by the Hamas terrorist organization supported by Iran in Gaza.

Edan Alexander, an American took the hostage during October 7, 2023, the attack on Hamas against Israel, returned to his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey, on June 19, after his release on May 12 in an agreement. People gathered in the streets to pay tribute, many waving Israeli and American flags. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu via Getty Images)

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He added: “I don’t close my eyes for a moment” about the hostages. Netanyahu told Isarel Kan public broadcaster that “Hamas is based on Iran”.

The recalcitrance of Hamas on the convention of a ceasefire that would allow hostages to be released was the main obstacle for American efforts to guarantee their freedom after 623 days of war. Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023 and massacred more than 1,200 people, including Americans. and kidnapped more than 250 people.

Netanyahu underlined, with regard to hostages and the war against Iran, that “I am determined to bring them all home … I will not give up this, and there are also stages that we will take in these moments for this objective … The destruction of nuclear weapons, the destruction of missiles, the elimination of our targets.”

The supporters of the Israelis have held hostage in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 to succession plates and flags during a rally calling to conclude the exchange agreement with the Palestinian group of Hamas to bring the remaining captives, before the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem on February 11, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP via Getty Images)

On Friday, the headquarters of the Smarting and Smart Families forum published a declaration of family members about the burial of murdered hostages Yair Yair Yair Yaakov on Friday, which was put at rest at Kibbutz Nir Oz after 623 days in captivity.

Or Yaakov, Yair’s son, who was released from the captivity of Hamas as part of an agreement, said: “Dad, you were such a special person. An exemplary father, a real friend. You left your memories in me. Simplicity and contentment.

The smoke rises from the construction of Iranian state television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Photo ap)

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Israel’s times said the operation to recover Yair Yaakov had been carried out by the 36th army division following precise information of military and security information. Reuters appointed Aviv Atzili while the second person recovered during the operation. Atzili, a adjutant In reserves and a member of the Kibbutz Nir Oz civil defense team was killed by fighting terrorists led by Hamas in the Border Community of Gaza on October 7, 2023.

Reuters contributed to this report.