American president Donald Trump on Monday he said the Palestinian militant group Hamas must be disarmed as soon as possible as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal. According to him, Israel has complied with the cease-fire plan, reports TASR, according to a report by the AFP agency. “If they don’t arm themselves like they agreed to do, like they agreed to do, then they’re in big trouble,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he received in Florida on Monday.
“They have to disarm in a relatively short time,” added the US president. According to Trump, Israel “followed” the Gaza ceasefire plan: “I’m not worried about anything Israel does,” he told reporters. “I’m worried about what other people are doing or maybe not doing. But this isn’t a concern. They’ve followed the plan,” he stated side by side with Netanyahu, with whom, according to AFP, they discussed the next phase of the cease-fire in Gaza.
Asked about Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and whether violence by Jewish settlers is undermining the peace process, Trump replied that he and Netanyahu “do not agree on the West Bank 100 percent, but that they will come to a conclusion on the West Bank.” the British newspaper The Guardian quotes.
“(He) will do the right thing,” Trump added, gesturing toward the Israeli prime minister. Trump during a press conference he did not specify what their disagreement was, but in September he said that he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, the newspaper recalls.
At the same time, Trump promised that he would not allow any accumulation of weapons by Iran. “I hope they don’t try to do this again, because if they do, we’re going to have no choice but to remove this buildup very quickly,” Trump said. AFP recalls that he made this statement a few months after the joint US and Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Republic.
Earlier on Monday, the US president said that the United States would “very quickly attack Iran again” if the country resumes its nuclear program. writes the Reuters agency. Trump also said he remains open to negotiating a “deal,” which he said is “much smarter.”
According to AFP, Trump has publicly expressed support for Netanyahu, who has taken a tough stance on moving to the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan. Before the negotiations with Trump, Netanyahu also met with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
