Tom O'Connor

"Tens of billions of dollars in potential contracts are up for grabs," according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

An Ansar Allah source told Newsweek that the cost of neighboring countries intervening "will be beyond their expectations."

"It appears President Trump has underestimated Iran's military capabilities," an Iranian analyst told Newsweek.

"Soon your children will return in black coffins," Hamas warned in a new video addressed to hostage families.

"The real question is whether Trump is prepared to side with the group looking at a realistic deal," a former U.S. official told Newsweek.

Uli al-Baas told Newsweek it believes the U.S. "is the sponsor of chaos, terrorism and evil around the world."

'The real discourse is—de facto—not between the one state or two states but rather what kind of one state will it be,' a former Israeli leader tells Newsweek.

"The matter does not require denial, but rather laughing out loud," a senior Ansar Allah official told Newsweek.

"It will not be Hamas, it will not be Israel," Israeli Deputy Consul General Tsach Saar told Newsweek.

"It's time to end the suffering not only of the families but of an entire nation," one of the hostages' families said in a statement shared with Newsweek.