President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Friday evening that the administration was in “deep negotiation” with Hamas, adding that some of the remaining living Israeli hostages held in Gaza may have “recently died.”

“We’re in very deep negotiation with Hamas. We said, let them all out right now, let them all out, and much better things will happen for them. But if you don’t let them all out, it’s going to be a tough situation. It’s going to be nasty,” said Trump.

Later in his comments, Trump reiterated his claim from late August that “some” of the remaining 20 living hostages in Gaza may have “recently died,” without offering details.

“I think of the 20, there could be some that have recently died, is what I’m hearing. I hope that’s wrong, but you have over 30 bodies in

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