Adam Boehler, the White House special envoy for hostage affairs, said Sunday that a “deal” in which every hostage taken by the Palestinian militant group Hamas is freed “could come together in weeks.” “I think something could come together within weeks,

"It may seem like he makes empty threats," Adam Boehler told Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." "Until he carries out the threat. And then it's not so empty. And then you're dead."

The president’s threat came after the White House said it held face-to-face talks with the militant group.