In what is his most jaw-dropping statement on Gaza yet, Donald Trump took to his social media platform TruthSocial on Wednesday and threatened all two million Palestinians in the Strip with death, should the Israeli captives held by the al-Qassam Brigades and other fighting factions there not be released.

“‘Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye - You can choose,” Trump began his post, using the Hebrew greeting equivalent to the Arabic ‘Salam’.

“Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you,” he warned. “Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted!”

The US president said he is “sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job.”