Trump calls on Hamas to 'surrender,' Witkoff visits Gaza as US and Israel reportedly take new tack

President Donald Trump called for Hamas to “surrender” in a post on Truth Social Thursday morning, a day before his Middle East envoy visited Gaza and praised humanitarian efforts there.

“The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!,” wrote Trump in the post.

The president’s post came days after he lamented “real starvation” in Gaza and as a new report, in The Atlantic, suggested that he was growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unwillingness to end the war in Gaza.

But it also came as Tr...