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Trump tells Hamas to disarm and warns: 'If they don't I'm gonna make them disarm'
Donald Trump has threatened to forcibly disarm Hamas if they refuse to give up their weapons as the Gaza ceasefire deal hangs by a thread.
'They will disarm — and if they don't I'm gonna make them disarm,' the president told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. 'They know what I mean.'
Trump warned that America stood ready to bring about Hamas's disarmament 'quickly and perhaps violently.'
It comes amid fears that the fragile ceasefire could unravel at any moment as Hamas has failed to deliver the deceased hostages, the Gaza Strip has descended into bloody gang warfare and Israel is refusing to open the Rafah border crossing to aid.
Trump said that the jihadists 'misrepresented' how many dead hostages they would be able to deliver, originally stating 'they had 26, 24'. Only eight coffins have been retrieved from Gaza so far, including another four released tonight.
'It seems they don't have that because we're talking about a much lesser number. But that's a very tough subject. I want them back. That's what they said. I want them back,' he said.
Trump also told reporters that Hamas 'took out two very evil gangs' in Gaza and 'killed a number of them,' a development he said 'didn't bother me much.'
Hamas faces violent opposition from several armed gangs in the Strip that have sprung up after Israel wiped out the terrorists' leadership.
Trump returned from Egypt late last night after signing a historic peace deal and speaking in Israel following the release of 20 hostages by Hamas.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Donald Trump has threatened to forcibly disarm Hamas if they refuse to give up their weapons as the Gaza ceasefire deal hangs by a thread.
'They will disarm — and if they don't I'm gonna make them disarm,' the president told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. 'They know what I mean.'
Trump warned that America stood ready to bring about Hamas's disarmament 'quickly and perhaps violently.'
It comes amid fears that the fragile ceasefire could unravel at any moment as Hamas has failed to deliver the deceased hostages, the Gaza Strip has descended into bloody gang warfare and Israel is refusing to open the Rafah border crossing to aid.
Trump said that the jihadists 'misrepresented' how many dead hostages they would be able to deliver, originally stating 'they had 26, 24'. Only eight coffins have been retrieved from Gaza so far, including another four released tonight.
'It seems they don't have that because we're talking about a much lesser number. But that's a very tough subject. I want them back. That's what they said. I want them back,' he said.
Trump also told reporters that Hamas 'took out two very evil gangs' in Gaza and 'killed a number of them,' a development he said 'didn't bother me much.'
Hamas faces violent opposition from several armed gangs in the Strip that have sprung up after Israel wiped out the terrorists' leadership.
Trump returned from Egypt late last night after signing a historic peace deal and speaking in Israel following the release of 20 hostages by Hamas.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
