Gazans React to Trump’s Comments About Hostages NYT | Top Stories By: Hiba Yazbek, Abu Bakr Bashir and Lara Jakes 8 January 2025 at 22:29 President-elect Donald J. Trump said “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if hostages captured in the Hamas-led attacks were not freed before he takes office. © Abdel Kareem Hana/Associated PressInspecting the damage in a building in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Wednesday after an Israeli airstrike.