Hamas has urged US President Donald Trump to meet with Palestinian prisoners freed during the ongoing truce in Gaza, following his meeting with released Israeli hostages the day before, AFP reports.

Just as he spoke of the “unbearable suffering” of Israeli hostages, the US president should “show the same level of respect to freed Palestinian political prisoners and allocate time to meet and listen to their stories”, senior Hamas leader Basem Naim wrote in an open letter addressed to Trump.