Trump promises to "settle the situation" in Gaza.. and reveals information regarding the prisoners.

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that two of the twenty hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip may have been killed. Trump stated in a press interview: "I told Hamas that we want to get our hostages back. We have recovered all Americans so far, but now I am mainly talking about the Israeli hostages."

Trump clarified that "the United States will resolve the situation in Gaza," without specifying the nature of this resolution or whether it includes diplomatic or military actions.

On Friday, a White House official said that U.S. President Donald Trump intends to hold a meeting in New York with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, just days after the Israeli occupation attacked prominent Hamas leaders in Doha, a development that raised widespread concerns about the future of Qatari mediation in the ceasefire negotiations regarding Gaza and the completion of a prisoner exchange deal.

According to diplomatic sources, the meeting will focus on discussing the implications of the Israeli strike and the possibility of salvaging the mediation efforts sponsored by Doha with U.S. support to end the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip for two years.

The Israeli occupation had launched an airstrike last Tuesday in the Qatari capital targeting Hamas leaders, including Khaled Mashal and Khalil Hayya, but the leaders survived the bombing after leaving the meeting place just before the strike.

In this context, many Arab and Western capitals considered the operation to be a "serious escalation" that threatens to drag the region into further tension, especially since Qatar hosts a U.S. military base and plays a pivotal role in mediating between the Israeli occupation and Hamas.

The U.S. President expressed his dissatisfaction with the attack in press statements, describing the strike as "a unilateral action that does not serve American or Israeli interests." He added that his administration tried to dissuade the Israeli occupation from carrying out the operation, but they were only informed of the decision at a late hour.

For his part, the Qatari Prime Minister accused the Israeli occupation of trying to "sabotage peace opportunities," affirming in an interview with CNN that his country "will not back down from its role as a mediator regardless of the pressures."

In the same context, the U.S. State Department announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as Trump's national security advisor, will meet today with the Qatari Prime Minister at the White House to discuss mechanisms for containing the repercussions of the Israeli occupation's attack and ensuring the continuation of diplomatic efforts.

According to a report published by the Hebrew channel "Kan 11," the operation itself faced internal objections from security leaders in the Israeli occupation state, including Mossad chief David Barnea, who warned that targeting Qatar – as the central mediator – represents a "strategic mistake" that could undermine the chances of reaching a prisoner exchange deal or a ceasefire.