The militant Islamist organisation said Trump's threats constituted support for attempts by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to back out of the ceasefire agreement.
"These threats complicate matters...and encourage [Israel] to avoid implementing its terms," the Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim said in a statement yesterday.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump told Hamas to "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".
Fighting in Gaza has been halted since 19 January under a truce arranged with US support and Qatari and Egyptian mediators, and Hamas has exchanged 25 living Israeli hostages and five Thais for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The remains of eight dead Israeli hostages have also been returned.
However, the first phase of the ceasefire ended on Saturday and talks on the second phase have stalled.
The US president's post came hours after the White House confirmed the US had entered direct negotiations with Hamas, potentially bypassing Israel to secure the release of US hostages still held by the group.
The official Israeli reaction to that development was limited to a one-sentence statement: "Israel has expressed to the US its position regarding direct talks with Hamas."
The unprecedented talks between Hamas and the US appear aimed initially at freeing Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American dual citizen who is thought to be still alive, and the return of the remains of four other Israeli-Americans abducted in the surprise attack into Israel launched by Hamas in October 2023 that triggered the war.
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