‘If they don’t disarm, we’ll disarm them,’ Trump on Hamas: Video
US President Donald Trump warned Hamas that it must disarm as part of the Gaza peace process, saying that if it refuses, the United States will “disarm them… quickly and perhaps violently.”
Speaking alongside Argentina’s president during a press briefing at the White House, Trump emphasised that disarmament was a non-negotiable condition in the ongoing peace process.
“We have told them we want to disarm, and they will disarm. And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them,” Trump said. “And it will happen quickly and perhaps violently,” he said.
The remarks came just a day after a key milestone in the Gaza peace deal, with Hamas releasing the final 20 living Israeli hostages in exchange for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The first phase of the agreement, brokered with international mediation, also includes a temporary ceasefire, scaled-back Israeli military presence in Gaza, and increased humanitarian aid shipments into the battered enclave.
On Monday, Trump made a historic address to the Israeli Knesset. Hours later, world leaders gathered in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh for the Peace Summit, where the ceasefire was formally acknowledged.
At the summit, Trump described the moment as “a new and beautiful day… rising, and now the rebuilding begins.”
However, despite the diplomatic progress, Trump’s comments on Hamas indicate that Washington is prepared to take a harder line in future stages of the agreement, which are yet to be fully negotiated.
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