'We'll eradicate them if we have to' - Trump warns Hamas to 'behave' after Gaza ceasefire: Video
President Donald Trump warned on Monday, October 20 that the Palestinian group Hamas would be “eradicated” if it failed to honour a US-brokered ceasefire.
“We made a deal with Hamas that they’re going to be very good. They’re going to behave. They’re going to be nice. And if they’re not, we’re going to go and we’re going to eradicate them, if we have to. They’ll be eradicated, and they know that,” Trump said.
The remarks come as the ceasefire implemented earlier this month as phase one of a wider peace plan signed in Sharm El-Sheikh has been strained by fresh exchanges of fire, with both Israel and Hamas accusing the other of violating the truce.
US and regional diplomats have been urgently trying to shore up the agreement.
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