US President Donald Trump said on Friday (local time) that he was not sure what would happen on Saturday at noon, a reference to the deadline he put in place earlier this week, saying "let all hell break out" if Hamas does not release hostages still being held in Gaza by noon on Saturday. He reiterated his call on Hamas to release hostages. Speaking to reporters, Trump spoke about the hostages that were released last week and spoke about how they have turned weak after being in captivity in Gaza. He said that Hamas has treated hostages very badly.

Asked about his earlier deadline for the release of hostages, Trump said, "I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow at 12 o'clock. It was up to me. I'd take a very hard stance. I can't tell you what Israel is going to do. But, I watched the last people come out and I looked at it before and after the picture. One guy was a big, strong, healthy guy. Could say he was a little bit overweight? He's not overweight anymore. He looks like he just came out of the Holocaust. It looks like a Holocaust picture. I've looked at him for a long time, and they've been treated very badly." He said that Hamas had earlier announced that they will not release hostages and recalled the deadline he had given to the terrorist group earlier this week Trump noted that Hamas did not want to release the hostages, however, they made the decision all of a sudden.