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President Trump connected Saturday placed preliminary blasted connected Hamas should its ceasefire with Israel fail, but called the existent woody successful spot an "enduring peace."
"I deliberation it volition hold," Trump told reporters aft gathering with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during a refueling halt successful Doha aboard Air Force One portion en way to Malaysia.
"Well, if it doesn’t hold, that would beryllium Hamas," Trump continued. "Hamas volition beryllium not hard to instrumentality attraction of precise quickly. I anticipation it holds for Hamas excessively due to the fact that they gave america their connection connected thing truthful I deliberation it’s going to clasp and if it doesn’t past they’ll person a precise large problem."
Trump aboriginal added successful a post connected Truth Social that militant radical "is going to person to commencement returning the bodies of the deceased hostages, including 2 Americans, quickly, oregon the different Countries progressive successful this GREAT PEACE volition instrumentality action.
"Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they tin instrumentality present and, for immoderate reason, they are not," helium wrote. "Perhaps it has to bash with their disarming, but erstwhile I said, 'Both sides would beryllium treated fairly,' that lone applies if they comply with their obligations. Let’s spot what they bash implicit the adjacent 48 hours. I americium watching this precise closely."
The president praised the Qataris for their relation successful providing peacekeeping troops arsenic portion of the International Stabilization Force intended to instrumentality implicit information power of Gaza from Hamas. Any peacekeeping troops would spell into Gaza "at the clip they request to."
"By the way, Israel volition spell successful determination precise easily," Trump said. "You cognize that, right? Right determination you person a country. But you person the Arab countries. Everybody. Muslim, Arab everybody connected board. It’s been truly an astonishing thing. It’s a large success. It’s going to beryllium a agelong lasting. Hopefully everlasting peace."
Trump previously said connected Monday that if Hamas violates the ceasefire, the effect volition "happen precise rapidly and beauteous violently, unfortunately, we are going to eradicate Hamas."
Hamas has not afloat committed to disarming and releasing control of Gaza. Releasing power would then, arsenic portion of the stabilization plan, let a technocratic authorities to beryllium formed to transportation retired governance successful Gaza.
Vice President Vance, while successful Israel connected Tuesday to inaugurate the U.S.-led Civilian-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) that is overseeing the ceasefire, reiterated the administration's demands from the U.S.-designated violent organization.
“Hamas has to comply with the deal, and if Hamas doesn’t comply with the deal, precise atrocious things are going to happen,” Vance said.
So far, determination is nary deadline for Hamas to relinquish powerfulness implicit the Gaza Strip.
Updated astatine 4:23 p.m. EDT
