US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Palestinian militant group Hamas must be disarmed as soon as possible as part of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. 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,” the US president added.
Israel according to Trump “observed” gaza truce plan “I’m not concerned 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. Tat the same time, rump promised that he would not allow any build-up of weapons by Iran.
“I hope they don’t try this again, because if they do, we’ll 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.
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.
